On Friday, a US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former US President Donald Trump that sought to lift the ban on his Twitter account. …
On Friday, a US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former US President Donald Trump that sought to lift the ban on his Twitter account. The social network permanently banned Trump following the Jan.6,2021, riot at the US Capitol, after concluding that Trump’s recent tweets had constituted a risk to public safety. In Friday’s 17-page ruling on Trump’s suit, San Francisco Judge James Donato noted that «the First Amendment applies only to governmental abridgements of speech, and not to alleged abridgements by private companies,» such as Twitter.
