Trump, the former president of the United States, has criticized Twitter’s manipulation of the electoral process. He is however fighting for his right to access the platform again.
Trump does not believe that mainstream social media is dead. He believes it’s vital to the survival of the republic. “In a court filing Monday night, Trump argued Twitter is undermining democracy by preventing his millions of followers from hearing what he has to say before the midterm elections,” Bloomberg reported Jan. 11.
The article quoted Trump declaring that Twitter had “damaged the integrity” of the American electoral process by banning him. Trump’s attorney Richard Lawson illustrated how Big Tech should not unfairly suppress Trump’s role as de-facto leader of the American conservative movement, according to Bloomberg: “Mr. Trump’s injuries are not only ongoing, but worsening, because they flow from the silencing of Mr. Trump’s political speech as the presumptive head of the Republican party at a time when the nation is drawing ever-closer to the 2022 elections.”
Bloomberg explained further that “The filing supplemented Trump’s initial request for an injunction in October, before the suit was moved from Florida, where he lives, to California, where Twitter is based.”
The initial filing in October summarized in clear terms that “[Twitter]This country enjoys a level of control and power that is unprecedented in history and extremely dangerous for open democracy. [Twitter]Not only are they banned [Trump]Its platform but extended its previous restraint to uncountable Users who leave comments [Trump].” It also explained that Trump’s account was a “communication tool of his presidency” used to “speak directly to the public at large” and served as a “digital town hall.”
Twitter’s ability to subvert the electoral process with censorship has been proved as a political reality in the past few years. Big Tech firms suppressed political scandals which could have changed enough votes in October 2020 as America’s most controversial election approached.
NewsBusters reported on a Media Research Center poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates regarding President Joe Biden’s China scandal, which indicated that 36 percent of Biden voters were NOT aware of the evidence linking Biden to corrupt financial dealings with China through his son Hunter. Thirteen percent of these voters (or 4.6% of Biden’s total vote, enough to swing the election, said that had they known these facts, they would not have voted for the former vice president.
Conservatives under attack Call Twitter at (415) 222-9670 or mail to 1355 Market Street, Suite 900 CA 94103 United States, and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. Contact us at Media Research Center if you feel your voice has been blocked. Use the contact formHelp us to hold Big Tech responsible.
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