Donald Trump files for preliminary injunction; wants Twitter to reinstate his account

Former US President Donald Trump, who was banned from Twitter and Facebook in wake of US Capitol attack on January 6, has w asked a federal judge in Florida to force microblogging platform to reinstate his account. Trump in July sued Twitter, Facebook and Google along with chief executives, alleging that platforms are unlawfully silencing conservative viewpoints. On October 1, ex-US President requested a preliminary injunction against Twitter in Miami. 

As per Sky News report, in preliminary injunction against Twitter Trump has said that Twitter was “coerced” by Congress members to suspend his account that had tens of millions of followers. Jack Dorsey’s Twitter was one among several tech giants that chose to ban Trump’s social media accounts in wake of shocking insurrection of US Capitol by his supporters on January 6 when Congress convened to certify election win of w US President Joe Biden. 

riot outside US federal building came immediately after a speech by Trump and claimed multiple lives. In address, defeated Republican reiterated baseless claims of election ‘fraud’ in presidential elections that took place in vember 2020. As per Sky News, Trump’s lawyer said 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.'

filing has also reportedly added that Twitter has allowed Taliban to tweet constantly about military activities in Afghanistan. However, former US President’s lawyer ted that Trump was censored even during his time at White House and that his posts were labelled as “misleading information” or “glorifying violence.”

Trump says he ‘should’ve banned Twitter’

Earlier in June this year, when Nigeria banned Twitter, Trump said he should have banned social media giant during his four-year tenure.

Lamenting his leniency towards social media during his presidency, Trump issued an official statement through his website said that he should have taken action against Facebook but its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg “kept calling” former US President.

While criticising social media giants including Facebook and Twitter, Trump said on Tuesday, "Who are y to dictate good and evil if y mselves are evil? Perhaps I should have done it while I was President. But Zuckerberg kept calling me and coming to White House for dinner telling me how great I was. 2024?"

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