A federal court judge denied YouTube’s motion to dismiss former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the platform.
Reclaim the Net reported that the court denied Trump’s motion for a preliminary injunction on Wednesday but granted YouTube’s motion to stay the lawsuit until the appeal in his lawsuit against Twitter is decided. The order was signed by Jeffrey S. White, United States District Court Judge.
Trump asserts that Trump was wrongly accused by the platform of violating his free speech rights. The platform applied its standards in an unfair way against Trump.
For its part, the platform reportedly said that reinstating Trump to the platform would cause “irreparable injury.”
“Former President Trump and seven other plaintiffs are attempting to turn their disagreement with YouTube’s editorial choices into a federal lawsuit on behalf of a putative nationwide class,” YouTube said according to to Reclaim the Net. “This effort fails as a matter of law. By seeking to treat the judgments of a private online service provider as state action, plaintiffs flip the First Amendment on its head.”
NewsBusters first reported on Trump’s lawsuits against big tech platforms last year:
“[Trump]The lawsuit was meant to defend the freedom of speech rights of all Americans, he stated. ‘Through this lawsuit, we are standing up for American democracy by standing up for free speech rights of every American, Democrat, Republican, independent, whoever it may be.’”
You can find a copy of the judge’s Wednesday order here.
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