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Trump asks U.S. judge to force Twitter to restart his account

Published 10/02/2021, 12:02 AM
Updated 10/02/2021, 05:31 AM
© Reuters. Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Perry, Georgia, U.S. September 25, 2021. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers/Files

By Akriti Sharma

(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) to restore his account, which the company removed in January citing a risk of incitement of violence.

Trump filed a request for preliminary injunction against Twitter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, arguing the social media company was "coerced" by members of the U.S. Congress to suspend his account.

Twitter and several other social media platforms banned Trump from their services after a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot on Jan. 6.

That assault followed a speech by Trump in which he reiterated false claims that his election loss in November was because of widespread fraud, an assertion rejected by multiple courts and state election officials.

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's lawyers said in the filing. The filing was reported earlier by Bloomberg.

Twitter declined to comment on the filing when contacted by Reuters.

At the time of removing Trump's account permanently, Twitter said https:// his tweets had violated the platform's policy barring "glorification of violence". The company said at the time that Trump's tweets that led to the removal were "highly likely" to encourage people to replicate what happened in the Capitol riots.

Before he was blocked, Trump had more than 88 million followers on Twitter and used it as his social media megaphone.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump on a smartphone and the White House in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Illustration/File Photo

In the court filing, Trump argued Twitter allowed the Taliban to tweet regularly about their military victories across Afghanistan, but censored him during his presidency by labeling his tweets as "misleading information" or indicating they violated the company's rules against "glorifying violence".

In July Trump sued https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-is-suing-facebook-twitter-google-claiming-bias-2021-07-07 Twitter, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc's Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpoints.

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you know, you had plenty of power to fix the obvious voter fraud vulnerabilities and end big tech censorship, and pardon assange and ACTUALLY drain the swamp, but yoy just surrounded yourself with it and did whatever the israel first brigade told you to. Such a disappointment. now you whine, like you did when they stole the election and our democracy and this very nation and you did nothing to stop it, and called your supporters terrorists. loser
you're a los/er for focusing on the "Israel first brigade". Antisemitic much?
.. and I thought we had freedom of speech in this country.. too bad the left controls so much of our media..
We have full freedom but Twitter’s been abused by Trump and we’ve had enough of his destructive nonsense.
I think it's right.just say it loudly
What’s right???
They silence the voices of the opposition not because they are wrong but because they are right.
Because they violate the TOS. Its not hard to understand.
Then why is Taliban twitter account still up they openly declare death to infidels?
Hope he WINS.
I thought censorship was a thing of dictatorships of last century. If you don’t like what someone says, change the channel or switch it off. Apparently 88 million people want to hear some other ideas, so lets shut them up. Reminds me of China or North Korea
You mean like screaming "fake news"
I wonder why this cl.o.wn isn't in prison yet after all the scams he pulled
Name a scam he should be in jail for? Dems have tried for five years, and it's continually blown up in their face. But you got evidence???Lol.
It’s true, democrats launched so many investigations into his personal life and found NOTHING except an untaxed company vehicle. Trump must be the cleanest individual in the world.
I don't understand how Trump's tweets can incite anyone to anything and I don't understand why he was ever a president of USA, but it sounds to me that his lawyers are right. Sorry.
This all reminds me of the TV series (Get Smart), Control and Chaos.  Twitter is the Chaos king.
Twitter is for twits.
Why is Twitter afraid of Trump? Why supress speech?I love giving stupid or ignorant people a platform to speak. Ahh, maybe Trump is neither?
Stop acting like a baby, just go on MySpace.
I can think of 2 trillion reasons why he's garbage... don't worry I can think of 1.9 trillion reasons why Joe is garbage too
Jack Dorsey made the judgment call for the ban.  Did his politics influence the call?  The injunction should be an easy call.
Twitter has no obligation to facilitate free speech. End of story
I wonder if Jack Dorsey would  say that.
It facilitates more when you’re NOT republican. Talibans are fine too.
dont incite violence and hate or spread lies about a deadly pandemic and you should be fine
Allowing him on Twotter would be a big mistake ! The media has catered to the Master of Rhetoric and Chaos far to long !!! Why not just let the KKK run amok there ?!
Attacking white people isn't going to advance the causes of minorities. Look at South Africa to see what happens when whites are segregated against and rights taken away, society falls apart, rampant crime, and poverty.
And now check the present. The most racist states are ALL red states.
Get a life and learn some history. Quit defending the evil you support please, it makes you look bad.
"Historically" What was the founding fathers Twitter policy?
Freedom of speech!
just keep saying it louder and louder and it will make your arguement valid
He can say all he wants, but twitter doesn't have to broadcast it for him.
Surely he will produce these taliban tweets doing what he did? I thought he was making his own Twitter lol?
lol. he can go ******* himself
pretty sure Americans feel the same about the opposing horde...
so can you
can you make the investment well
if twitter reopen, what will he use it as? a tool for spread peace or own use or assault hate to others?
probably continue putting America and Americans first.. basically trying to preserve our quality of life that the dems are so focused on destroying...
go back to the 50 cent army you came from. we know your game
It would be banned within a half hour for lies and misinformation
Reuters has zero credibility in the US. Parler, before the big tech cabal eliminated it, was very good. I hope an all red house and white house can once and for all eliminate the stranglehold they have on our 1st Amendment.
Lmao, I have one, never use it, I can lease it out to you, Flippy Donald, just don’t go to court, for heaven’s sake, or at least for your previous presidency’s sake.
"Hundreds of his supporters launched a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6". This is 100% certified fake media lies. The true events can be seen on video events, court documents, and allegations of FBI rouge agents involvement. Look it up for your selves. Give Trump his Twitter account.
Thanks guys for liking my comment. The thumbs up are now removed, but i saw them.
The only death that occurred as a result of January 6th assmembly at the capitol was an unarmed white woman being fataly shot by a black police officer.
Let me guess Miriam, you also believe in UFOs and ghosts because you've seen the videos on YouTube?
I love that
He aint wrong
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