Trump Asks Judge to Force Twitter to Reinstate His Account

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Former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to force Twitter to reinstate his account in a civil lawsuit filed in Florida on Friday.

Trump, along with several other plaintiffs, says that Twitterโ€™s ban of his account violated the First Amendment and likely violated Floridaโ€™s newly-enacted Stop Social Media Censorship Act.

The former president filed a request for a preliminary injunction against Twitter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, arguing the social media company was โ€œcoercedโ€ by members of the U.S. Congress to suspend his account. He then suggested that Twitterโ€™s ban of his account should be regarded as a government action for First Amendment purposes as itโ€™s the result of โ€œthe Stateโ€™s exercise of โ€˜coercive power.’โ€

Twitter โ€œexercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate,โ€ Trumpโ€™s lawyers said in the filing (pdf).

The Epoch Times has reached out to Twitter for comment.

The ban will affect the 2022 elections if Trumpโ€™s account is not reinstated, Trumpโ€™s lawyers said in the filing, citing constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

โ€œPlaintiff faces loss of his donor and merchandising platforms, and ability to communicate his views, content, and endorsements of local candidates,โ€ read the filing.

Twitter and several other social media platforms banned Trump from their services after the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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

At the time of removing Trumpโ€™s account permanently, Twitter said his tweets had violated the platformโ€™s policy barring โ€œglorification of violence.โ€

However, Trump argued in the court filing that Twitter allowed the Taliban to tweet regularly about their military victories across Afghanistan, but censored him during his presidency by labeling his tweets as โ€œmisleading information.โ€

Byย Allen Zhong

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