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Donald Trump’s Plea To Lift Twitter Ban Dismisses by US Court

San Francisco: A lawsuit by former US President Donald Trump aimed at restoring his suspended Twitter account was dismissed by a federal judge in California on Friday.

The lawsuit’s argument that Twitter “censored” Trump weakly violates the right to free speech because the First Amendment prohibits government agencies, not private corporations, from interfering with what citizens are saying.

The judge said in his ruling against Twitter,” said US District Court Judge James Donato in a ruling dismissing the lawsuit.

Donato left the door open to lawsuits from Trump, the American Conservative Union, and some people who claimed they were “taken apart” to be modified and reintroduced.

The lawsuit names Twitter and its former boss Jack Dorsey as defendants and is seeking cash damages and an order that the suspended accounts be immediately restored on January 6, 2021, which ignited a crowd that later besieged Capitol Hill as the Lawmakers certified President Joe Biden’s victory.

Trump was banned from Twitter “because there is a risk that her tweets will spark further incitement to violence,” the service said at the time. Legal defeat comes as billionaire Elon Musk is about to buy Twitter and promises to limit moderation of content to the legal minimum.

The deal prompts Musk to consider a ban on the brazen Republican, a move that could disrupt American politics as the nation heads towards November’s midterm elections, as well as a possible reelection bid for Trump in 2024.

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