Trump filed a preliminary injunction against Twitter late on Friday in Miami, claiming the social media company cancelled his account in January under pressure from his political rivals in Congress
Former president Donald Trump is still fighting for his space online. This time around, he is suing Twitter to allow him to tweet again.
Part of his complaint states that Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate.” Trump was known for using Twitter to announce policy and personnel decisions, criticise political enemies, and spread misinformation about election results.
Trump also claimed that Twitter censored him during his presidency by labelling some of his tweets as “misleading information,” which the platform said violated its rules against “glorifying violence.” Announcing the decision to ban Trump, Twitter announced: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
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