Yahoo News just announced that former President Donald Trump has filed a class action lawsuit against tech giants Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, along with their respective CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai.
Horry County residents all experienced the controls placed on social media during the 2020 election year.
Most found this oversight distasteful.
As Yahoo News reports: The suit is being filed by America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit group focused on aiding Trump’s policies. The organization confirmed to the Washington Examiner that it was helping Trump’s legal effort.
The class-action lawsuits will allow Trump to represent a larger group of affected people that he says have been unfairly censored by problematic content moderation policies.
“We’re demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing, and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing, and canceling that you know so well,” Trump said at a news conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course.
“Through this lawsuit, we are standing up for the freedom of speech of all Americans — Republicans, Democrats, independents, everyone,” he added.
Yahoo reports: The First Amendment’s freedom of speech protections do not apply to private organizations and platforms, such as Facebook or Twitter, meaning that Trump’s lawsuit is unlikely to succeed in court.
BIG MONEY
Despite those claims, the Trump team brings big money to this lawsuit. In such cases, money is key for fighting a protracted court case.
If nothing else, this lawsuit puts big tech on notice.
Let’s see if it locally quells some of the over-reach Horry County residents experienced during the past 16 months moving forward.