Former US President Donald Trump has just announced that it will file a class action lawsuit against Google and the social networks Facebook and Twitter for censorship.
The origin of the lawsuit has to do with the suspension of Trump’s accounts at the beginning of the year, coinciding with the assault on the Capitol, since the technology companies considered that Trump had incited violence and had been lukewarm when condemning the facts.
Trump This opens a battle in the courts over the damage that these companies have done to the image and freedom of the former president. The former president alleges that “we must put a stop to the shameful censorship of social networks towards US citizens,” he said.
So much Facebook What Google, according CNET, They have not made any statement after knowing the news, while Twitter has avoided commenting on the subject.
The assault on the Capitol by dozens of supporters of Donald Trump and the lukewarm position adopted by the president in this regard caused the big technology companies that have the largest social networks on the planet to unite to censor and silence him for “inciting violence.
Facebook he justified blocking his account by assuring that “the risks of allowing the president to continue using the service are simply too great.” “Therefore, we are extending the blocking of their Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is completed,” said the social network.
Twitter he terminated his account after the president posted a video asking his supporters to return home, but insisted the presidential election was fraudulent. In addition, the social network has threatened to suspend him permanently: “It is a violation of Twitter rules, including our civic integrity policies or violent threats, will lead to the permanent suspension” of the president’s account.
Well then I did YouTube. The video social network par excellence suspended Donald Trump’s channel because one of the videos he has published would incite violence. Of course, he did not give more details about it and the content to which they refer was unknown.
“After careful review and in light of concerns about the potential for violence, we have removed new content posted on the channel. Trump and issued a ‘strike’ for violation of our policies on incitement to violence, “he said.
The American company justified its decision on the television network CNN. YouTube says it suspends the account for a week and will review its decision after that period. It has also confirmed the elimination of the aforementioned video.
Likewise, he has highlighted that he will prohibit commenting on the videos that are published on Trump’s account and has added that, in addition, he has deleted content from the account of White House for violations of YouTube policies.
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