Trump v. Twitter
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
2022 WL 1443233, 602 F. Supp. 3d 1213 (2022)
- Written by Matthew Celestin, JD
Facts
Twitter Incorporated (defendant), which was cofounded by Jack Dorsey (defendant), operated a popular social-media platform in which its millions of users could post messages called tweets. Former President Donald Trump (plaintiff) was a Twitter user since 2009. In January 2021, Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account, claiming the suspension was to prevent Trump from inciting violence. Trump sued Twitter, alleging that Twitter censored Trump’s free speech in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Trump asserted that Democratic members of Congress had coerced Twitter to suspend his account and thus that Twitter censored Trump’s speech on the government’s behalf under the state-action doctrine. To support his claim, Trump presented evidence that a handful of Democratic members of Congress had made statements urging Twitter to remove Trump from its platform.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Donato, J)
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