BREAKING NEWS: Trump will announce class action lawsuit today against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey on behalf of people who have been ‘canceled’ by social media
- Trump will launch legal battle against social media giants at his Bedminster club
- Former president is still banned from platforms because of his Capitol riot posts
- His move his backed by non-profit America First Policy Institute
- Will allow him to sue Zuckerberg and Dorsey on behalf of social media users who say they have been ‘silenced’
Former President Donald Trump will announce he is launching a class action law suit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on behalf of victims of ‘cancel culture,’ according to sources.
He will announce the effort at an 11 a.m. outdoor press conference, using his Bedminster golf course clubhouse as a backdrop. He sent out a statement previewing a ‘major press conference’ Wednesday morning.
The legal moves are backed by the America First Policy Institute, a non-profit that includes several former senior administration officials.
Linda McMahon and Brooke Rollins, former acting director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, will accompany him.
Trump advisers had previously suggested that he would make an announcement about a new social media platform during the Fourth of July weekend, but it is understood that remains a work in progress.
Donald Trump is set to announce class action lawsuits against Twitter and Facebook on behalf of users who have been banned, according to sources
The legal actions would allow him to sue Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on behalf of a group that claims they have been silenced because of their politics.
He is still banned from using both the social media giants because of his comments in the wake of the Capitol riot.
His team has repeatedly claimed he has been silenced because he is conservative, but the social media giants say it is for safety reasons in the wake of January 6.
Trump’s announcement of the class-action suits was first reported by Axios.
In May, Facebook’s independent Oversight Board, which is sometimes known as its ‘Supreme Court’ reaffirmed that Trump would be banned for two years.
However, they said he could return if he stopped committing ‘violations’.
Republicans and Democrats have ramped up their battle with the dominance of Big Tech.
But Trump’s cases would be targeting the policies he believes quashes conservative voices.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Twitter and Facebook for comment.
The legal actions would allow him to sue Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on behalf of a group that claims they have been silenced because of their policies