Trump Twitter ban

A San Francisco judge has tossed out former US President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging his permanent ban from Twitter. US District Judge James Donato said yesterday Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech. Free speech rights don’t apply to private companies and Trump failed to show Twitter was working as a state actor on behalf of Democrats, the judge wrote. “Trump sued Twitter, Facebook and Google’s YouTube in July 2021, claiming they illegally censored him. The platforms suspended Trump after the January 6, 2021, insurrection, in which his followers stormed the Capitol trying to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential win.