Trump wants to lift Twitter blockade – Radio Siegen

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Washington (AP) – Former US President Donald Trump continues his legal battle against the blocking of his Twitter account. Trump applied to a court in Florida for an injunction against the short message service – with the aim of unblocking his account.

In the court document, the Republican argues, among other things, that Twitter was forced by members of the US Congress to censor it. The short message service also wields a level of power and control over the country’s political discourse that is “immeasurable,” “historically unprecedented,” and “deeply dangerous” to open democratic debate.

Most important communication platform

Twitter, as well as Facebook and Youtube, blocked Trump’s accounts in January shortly before the end of his term in office. The trigger was the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Trump – and that he expressed sympathy for the attackers. He also continues to claim, without any evidence, that his presidential election victory in November was stolen by fraud. With that he heated up the mood in the country.

Twitter, where more than 80 million users followed Trump, was until then the most important communication platform for him. The ex-president has been resisting the blocking of his account for a long time. He had already filed a lawsuit against Twitter in July because of the blockade.

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