Today President Donald Trump presented an op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal explaining why he is suing Big Tech giants Google, Facebook and Twitter. You can find the filings here: YouTube/Google Lawsuit HERE and Facebook Lawsuit HERE
Donald J Trump – “One of the gravest threats to our democracy today is a powerful group of Big Tech corporations that have teamed up with government to censor the free speech of the American people. This is not only wrong—it is unconstitutional. To restore free speech for myself and for every American, I am suing Big Tech to stop it.
Social media has become as central to free speech as town meeting halls, newspapers and television networks were in prior generations. The internet is the new public square. In recent years, however, Big Tech platforms have become increasingly brazen and shameless in censoring and discriminating against ideas, information and people on social media—banning users, deplatforming organizations, and aggressively blocking the free flow of information on which our democracy depends.
No longer are Big Tech giants simply removing specific threats of violence. They are manipulating and controlling the political debate itself. Consider content that was censored in the past year. Big Tech companies banned users from their platforms for publishing evidence that showed the coronavirus emerged from a Chinese lab, which even the corporate media now admits may be true. In the middle of a pandemic, Big Tech censored physicians from discussing potential treatments such as hydroxychloroquine, which studies have now shown does work to relieve symptoms of Covid-19. In the weeks before a presidential election, the platforms banned the New York Post—America’s oldest newspaper—for publishing a story critical of Joe Biden’s family, a story the Biden campaign did not even dispute.
Perhaps most egregious, in the weeks after the election, Big Tech blocked the social-media accounts of the sitting president. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you—and believe me, they are.
Jennifer Horton, a Michigan schoolteacher, was banned from Facebook for sharing an article questioning whether mandatory masks for young children are healthy. Later, when her brother went missing, she was unable to use Facebook to get the word out. Colorado physician Kelly Victory was deplatformed by YouTube after she made a video for her church explaining how to hold services safely. Kiyan Michael of Florida and her husband, Bobby, lost their 21-year-old son in a fatal collision caused by a twice-deported illegal alien. Facebook censored them after they posted on border security and immigration enforcement.
Meanwhile, Chinese propagandists and the Iranian dictator spew threats and hateful lies on these platforms with impunity.
This flagrant attack on free speech is doing terrible damage to our country. That is why in conjunction with the America First Policy Institute, I filed class-action lawsuits to force Big Tech to stop censoring the American people. The suits seek damages to deter such behavior in the future and injunctions restoring my accounts.
Our lawsuits argue that Big Tech companies are being used to impose illegal and unconstitutional government censorship. In 1996 Congress sought to promote the growth of the internet by extending liability protections to internet platforms, recognizing that they were exactly that—platforms, not publishers. Unlike publishers, companies such as Facebook and Twitter can’t be held legally liable for the content posted to their sites. Without this immunity, social media companies could not exist.
Democrats in Congress are exploiting this leverage to coerce platforms into censoring their political opponents. In recent years, we have all watched Congress haul Big Tech CEOs before their committees and demand that they censor “false” stories and “disinformation”—labels determined by an army of partisan fact-checkers loyal to the Democrat Party. As the cases of fellow plaintiffs Ms. Horton, Dr. Victory and the Michael family demonstrate, in practice this amounts to suppression of speech that those in power do not like.
Further, Big Tech and government agencies are actively coordinating to remove content from the platforms according to the guidance of agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Big Tech and traditional media entities formed the Trusted News Initiative, which essentially takes instructions from the CDC about what information they need to “combat.” The tech companies are doing the government’s bidding, colluding to censor unapproved ideas.
This coercion and coordination is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has held that Congress can’t use private actors to achieve what the Constitution prohibits it from doing itself. In effect, Big Tech has been illegally deputized as the censorship arm of the U.S. government. This should alarm you no matter your political persuasion. It is unacceptable, unlawful and un-American.
Through these lawsuits, I intend to restore free speech for all Americans—Democrats, Republicans and independents. I will never stop fighting to defend the constitutional rights and sacred liberties of the American people.” (link)
THIS IS NOT RANDOM! President Trump’s Cases Against Big Tech Assigned to Two OBAMA Judges and One HW BUSH Judge
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/not-random-president-trumps-cases-big-tech-assigned-two-obama-judges-one-hw-bush-judge/
In my view, it’s a great thing. And an intended thing I will add. Consider the target of this, if you listened to Trump’s speech when he announced, is the ruling of the US Supreme Court because he knows it will end up there. His legal team has filed for a preliminary injunction against big tech for he and all of the plaintiffs signing on the class action to have their accounts and content restored. It’s expected to fail, in my view, but it absolutely speeds things up and sets the tone.
Yes, opposing judges. That’s the most direct route to SCOTUS. On the other hand, imagine if it was a sympathetic judge and had to work through the entire, endless process?
This is faster.
Unless SCOTUS kicks it back.
And it is certain they will.
However, this is a great op-Ed and move in general by President Trump.
Agree. I am sick of censorship and feel the urge to donate because of this move.
While my donations are meager and insignificant, what I am trying to say is that once again, VSGPOTUS has reached his target
SCOTUS will decline to hear the case. That’s their new M.O., making them WORSE than useless.
But bring them a case about gender identity and they take it right up…not exactly a burning issue for most American which is why they take it up…Roberts is just another small mind.
Speaking of… and this is again showing how much power they have now. I had to sit on hold with my doctor’s office for 22 minutes and listen to a PSA about how hard it is for transgenders in society right now and it repeats every few minutes. I sent my doctor a message and said, “that is unacceptable. I am trapped unless I just want to hang up and not get my need met. How utterly offensive that I had to sit and listen to that. Why do I care about another’s sex life? I dont. It has no effect on me and I find them mentally ill. So, good going. You guys have chosen a side and now I am aware.”
If the SCOTUS do not know how to do their jobs properly, they should be FIRED!~
Apparently even these rogues (the SCOTUS) do not have an over seer just like the FBI, CIA, et al.
These cancerous overt and covert government entities, are in the cancerous fourth stage of no return, which will demolish the whole American Citizenry…
And you think the Roberts court will give Trump relief?
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Freedom of Speech is a significant issue for the SC. It involves the censorship of a sitting president. It involves interference in a national election. The case has been filed in the 11th Circuit which is overseen by Clarence Thomas. I think, I hope it will be heard.
Maybe they dont have to. Maybe by the time it winds up there, the entire country will finally be aware of what happened. And continues to happen in our govt. This could backfire in the most spectacular way.
Alan Dershowitz said almost the same thing openly
I agree. I used to get fairly upset about these shenanigans.. but the more we watch them, it continues to fall in Trump’s favor because he is correct. And more people are certainly awake now. Twitter is failing to prop up the cable tv propaganda any longer. CNN is toast. I mean… things seem to be going ok. Lol…
We hold these truths to be self-evident, and not open to interpretation by anyone that all men are created with equal rights, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, those being natural rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure such rights, sovereign representative governments are instituted among the people, only deriving their authority from the consent of the people it governs over. So that whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute better forms of government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to that which shall most likely effect their safety and happiness.
…a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
It has refused Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
It has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
It has made Judges dependent on its’ Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
It has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of any civilized sovereign people.
WE THE PEOPLE, therefore, are Absolved from all Allegiances to the Globalist Collective of the UNITED NATIONS and its’ assorted non-governmental organizations which constitute a form of SHADOW GOVERNMENT, its AGENDA 21, AGENDA 2030 and emergent ‘New World Order’, to be henceforth totally to be dissolved from it; and that as Free and Independent Sovereign Bodies, WE THE PEOPLE have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent Sovereign Bodies may by NATURAL RIGHT do. And for the support of this Declaration of Independence, with a firm reliance on the protection of our CREATOR, the LORD OF SPIRITS, and the Author of All, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor…
…you know I swear I’ve read about this somewhere a long, long time ago but I can’t find the author of this. It might be possible someone wrote something similar before this version. Let me know if anyone can pinpoint this one.
It’s a glorious document. We the People have always had the power to abolish tyrannical government.
The founding fathers never said it would be easy,
Something I learned in typing class: “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.”
My Mom taught me that on our black Royal typewriter (with black and red ribbon). I think it had something to do with using most of the keys but obviously that wasn’t it, but the meaning of the sentence has stuck in my head for over 60 years now…..and that’s a good thing.
Aid by: when the opportunity arises to select a parrallel digital platform to big techs cage YOU DO IT.
I remember it as, “Come to the aid of their party”
And then there is this one: “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.”
Most people don’t know it, but the Declaration of Independence is a federal law. It was passed as part of the Organic Act of 1789 that placed it, Northwest Ordinance Act of 1787, and the Articles of Confederation into the basis of the new federal government. We’ve always had this right to alter or abolish the government plus secession. Lincoln was wrong and I’ve got the receipts from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison showing him to be wrong.
amen!
The good news is that if the judges were appointed by Obama you know they are probably only half literate and anything they write will be laughable.
These Judges may have been appointed and approved under the Obama and Bush administrations – but the lawsuit against Facebook is requesting a Jury Trial. Requiring a Jury Trail adds a new dimension that the Justices will have to accommodate.
Just finished reading the Google/You Tube lawsuit – that too has a Demand for Jury Trial.
Haven’t been able to find a link to the Twitter/Jack Dorsey lawsuit but am going to assume that will also have a Demand for Jury Trial.
Three separate trials, three separate Juries. In Florida. Winning.
It does.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20984504-trump-v-twitter
I was surprised that this suit was filed in federal court. I wonder if he also plans to utilize FL’s new law that Gov DeSantis recently signed?
It’s simple. PDJT’s offering of guard 2 days prior to Jan 6 ENDS any win for Big Tech.
And the supreme Court doesn’t rule shit if it’s not free or real. That would be like America accepting Hitler as president during ww2.
I’m pretty sure a FEDERAL judge put an injunction against FL’s new law protecting conserv. views on social media. We’re at war. I hope our side never forgets that.
Thank you Mr. President, thank you Mr. Trump and thank you Don….
This guy has been shit on for five straight years by members of every institution in America, yet here he is fighting harder (as a private citizen) to make the world better for Americans on issues like the border and the tech menace than any elected official in Washington.
He embarrasses our ruling class.
They’re not a ruling class, they don’t rule us!
We submit to them as we would to gods.
I agree with you Leon. Too long we’ve stayed silent for the democrats. They hide behind those who we don’t want to hurt or offend. We need to stop playing nice person and start speaking our truths. I’ve read not to say anything that might get us in trouble. How’s that working out? A grandma who’d only been in the capitol for 10 minutes had to pay $500, watch mind twisting movies and be on probation for 5 years. Sure saved her didn’t it?
Yeah I think we have to remember that judges/justices are human; the fear what their decisions might bring about when passions are high.
Frankly, no appeals court nor Scotus, in my lifetime, has ever feared domestic unrest arising from the middle of the political spectrum or from the right of middle, have they?
Maybe integration of schools through busing might be one, I don’t know.
It isn’t just the democrats…
They didn’t get that memo. They overtly and covertly do rule over us, or attempt to. Since Jan 2020, look what has changed.
Where’ve ya been?? Miss your insight!!
The Ruling Class vermin embarrass themselves in front of everyone with average or greater cognitive ability.
President Trump is a pretty good expert on shining bright light on those rats who’d prefer to remain in the shadows.
The smug bastards are in Idaho right now…celebrating themselves. Seeing their photos made me sick…especially Zuckerberg and Mrs Murdoch who was so proud of seeing that a worthlwss corrupt senile puppet was inatalled against the intent of we the people.
Anyone here who hasn’t cut their cable or is still on FB is part of the problem. It’s them against us.
You’re silly to think that. Mark Z’s FB is in China already. TAke a look at their population and ask again if he minds losing half of his American subscribers.
AS for cable? Fox and NBC own a whole lot more than “cable” shows. That is but a small fraction of their communications empires.
I know all about China…I worked at Nike for too long. But you think they wouldn’t care if they lost 1/2 their American participants? Their advertisers would care. Wall Street would probably notice. More importantly…other sites would fill the gap and we’d at least have access to ideas and information they’ve tried to shut down. FB is not impregnable. Remember MySpace?
Good point. Our college kiddo was telling us she didnt really use til tock anymore. Hasnt used FB much in years. Mainly uses Instagram, which is still FB. And even that usage isnt as much as I thought. These kids only post every few months that I can see.
…and Paul Ryan resides at Fox…
The mere notion that he should not be top of the Republican ticket in 2024 is preposterous to me. No one has done more to expose and take on the Uniparty/ Swamp/Globalists/Tech/China etc etc in the history of the US than President Trump- and he’s just getting warmed up.
He has solutions we have only dreamed about and his are all Constitutional. This is going to end better than any of us could dream.
God bless President Trump! Our beacon of light that continues to fight for us and our country.
Our Lion is still roaring!!
A lawsuit?
You should have used guns, while you had them.
..unlike Nancy he will not turn on Americans like that…
He’s not dealing with “Americans” — International Banksters….
I defer to Dunes2021…
Yes. And the sooner people are no longer stifled by publicly acknowledging this, the sooner they are defeated. The SOB’s have done this for centuries! Plundering the wealth from nations. There is no allegiance to country or principles. The Bible says the LOVE of money is THE root to all evil. These bankers are the core of evil in this world. As Christ said, they hear the voice of their father. They will not acquiesce peacefully and surrender power. They must be destroyed, never to raise their evil heads again. I fantasize about the prospects of the Rothcild’s facing justice. If they don’t in this world, they will in the world to come.
I understand the sentiment but PDJT was/is a law and order guy and his actions during his time as POTUS exemplified it. While we may sometimes think extra-judicial action is warranted, that’s not who Trump is so actions like this are square within his wheelhouse.
I’ve no dog in the social media fight because I’ve never used those coms in my lifetime but do understand they are a big part of life for other citizens and this conflict can hopefully be resolved peacefully. I’m glad Trump is testing the erstwhile corrupted legal system; we need to check its pulse daily. If it’s dead, kiss the Republic as we’ve known it goodbye.
“While we may sometimes think extra-judicial action is warranted, that’s not who Trump is so actions like this are square within his wheelhouse.”
Why no lawsuit while in office then? And if you’re going to say the system was against him and he wouldn’t have prevailed, what’s different now?
I believe the real threat to big tech comes from the Left. Social media is far too open for their liking and they will demand and receive even greater censorship and control over it. It’s a big club and we ‘aint in it.
President Trump was their greatest threat…he did…and still does…represent the people of America
Make that…………
The People of America
“Why no lawsuit while in office then?” Because he would have had to use the corrupt DOJ? For this case he has hired “the tobacco” lawyers. They are successful, private sector lawyers.
Some of us still do…..
Gunny? Is that you, the Gunny ?? from way back?
I hope so. I miss his common sense comments.
With all due respect, maybe you should go troll at another website.
Due respect?
Kinda hard to infiltrate thinkers.
FBI plant?
Were guns carried when Roger Stone was arrested? Or Epstein? I believe Trump had the opportunity and obligation to use force during his Presidency that he didn’t for some reason. It doesn’t mean shooting anyone unless they’re breaking the law like Antifa.
He showed u we no longer have a representative government.
Hope thats clear.
We have states rights at best. And that’s a starting point just for some states.
We have more guns then ever before thanks largely to Obama, Black Lies Matter and Election Fraud
Record Sales Last Year and the documented sales are just a fraction of the real number.
Biden didnt build that, somebody else made that happen
If somebody else made that happen, how come they are blaming whites for systemic racism?
Glowing much
planted informant?
You first, but I bet you’ll be one of those unindicted coconspirators.
Politically awkward for a judge or the left to actually come out and admit they hate free speech. Great lawsuit, we will see.
Especially when all those who have been silenced sign on to the class action, these judges will have to answer as to why they are allowing us citizens to be silenced and hopefully gets to Supreme Court.
We have sat here in our comfortable home enjoying your magnificent President since his ride down the escalator.
The tenacity, courage and integrity he has shown should be an inspiration to all decent individuals.
Your “Swamp” although powerful has nothing on this man.
Here at coffee this morning sat five of us PDJT supporting individuals. All Canadians, none cane legally vote in any of your elections.
All know McCain, Romney, Bush, Obama and Clinton were on the same team.
None watch CNN, and all know your election was a scam, that many criminals perpetrated fraud all over the U.S.
Now if we as foreigners know this, what does PDJT and his team know.
The “Swamp”although very much alive, has now been exposed and me thinks the exposure is about to increase ten fold.
Cheers to all, and God bless PDJT
Bless You Boys
Dexter,
You are not a foreigner to us, brother.
Cool, then I can vote ?
Cheers!
God bless you President Trump and thank you for doing this
“Big Tech has been illegally deputized as the censorship arm of the U.S. government. This should alarm you no matter your political persuasion. It is unacceptable, unlawful and un-American”
It is really alarming to me when I read comments from the left on articles regarding this lawsuit. They DON’T care that we are being censored because they don’t agree with our politics.
There would be riots in the streets if BLM was censored.
It’s just not happening to the left………………..yet.
Not yet
The everpresent
“I’m your bitch”
purple tie.
Both knees boys. Don’t represent what you aren’t.
States should pull every assistance from the FBI… And demand them out. Get out. Get the fck out. Get out!
Fits perfectly with the election results in AZ, PA, GA, NV, WI, etc. Tying it all together for the SC to see the collusion and outright fraud.
The Republican “plan” to deal with the tech oligarchs and censorship apparently doesn’t extend to joining Trump in this lawsuit. Unless they are simply being very quiet about it which would make it indistinguishable from their usual passive capitulation.
Big Tech is giving them donations too. The most they will do is kabuki theater so we think something is being done.
Shameful ~ at least the RNC and NRSC are joining GA against the DOJ lawsuit. A miracle!
Their response, as usual, is fingers in the ears saying “lalalalalala.” The monkeys don’t see the evil, hear the evil or speak about the evil.
Trump won the election, and he will win this too.
By a lot.
When they ban/censor speech just because that speech is at odds with the government’s official line they are acting as an arm of the government and, therefore, the 1st Amendment protections should apply. This doesn’t even need to be a partisan issue.
it is not as passive as that…Big Tech was requested by the government to censor unorthodox speech… which makes them a government agent, subject to the protections all US citizens claim under the Bill of Rights
The tech scum are along with China own our politician thieves.
Every day I am more proud of our President Trump than ever.
He will go down in history as one of the greatest Presidents of all time and the man who helped to save our Republic in its darkest days.
The darkest days are behind us .. the light is shining bright ? ? ?
Seneca, Thank you.
Seneca,
80 million upvotes to that !
( conservative estimate !)
Things look better daily, and
PRESIDENT TRUMP is BACK,
Bigly !
The Trump team screwed this up, but only because both Political Parties don’t know how to express what they see as wrong, and then equate the wrongness to how it adversely affects the American People. Trump should have sued social media for committing MASSIVE Stock Fraud. The use of A.I. to wrongly and inaccurately silence people while increasing the company’s social media profit margin by reducing jobs for humans, which generates higher stock prices is MASSIVE STOCK FRAUD. Unfortunately, no one from the Trump team saw this avenue of attack because they can’t truly connect with the little people other than Build the Wall, lower taxes, and anti gun control.
I wish Ad min ,had a ?
“Trump should have sued social media for committing MASSIVE Stock Fraud. “
That would be double darn dam difficult to prove.
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Why would anyone paid actor think dissing Trump would work.
Trolls should worship PDJT to get our approval, but that wouldn’t help their paid goal.
Losers. Complete losers. We think. We think
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Pity “Trump” did not have the smarts to make you his “team”…
If Trump had sued for massive stock fraud, he would have to show how he had been damaged as a stock holder, which he probably is not. Otherwise, he would have no standing to sue.
Exactly!
Shoulda, coulda, woulda — lots of hindsight and little else.
This is a dumb lawsuit. Get off these “free” platforms.
I disagree. It is a class action lawsuit….so many conservatives will join who have also been silenced or fact checked by big tech.
At least 30,000 so far I heard, though I don’t know how many of these will be accepted. I also expect many states will join.
Yeah, there will be a lot who will join the lawsuit. They have been talking about it at the CPAC conference this afternoon. Talk show host Ben Ferguson from Tennessee is one of them. He said Google is trying to run him out of business by not showing his business. I guess that’s shadow banning.
I don’t use these “free” platforms, but why should some people get to use them “freely,” while others aren’t allowed to do so?
Parks, beaches, and other public places are “free,” and we don’t allow discrimination there. So why is it okay on these “free” platforms?
That is a very good point! I agree completely.
Excellent point, Kudzu!
My daughter says facebook is vital for managing her kids. All kinds of related communications like extracurricular activities, news, friends, school notices, etc. flow through them. It sounds to me that they are utilities more like our old telephones were once upon a time.
Wait… school notices come thru FB? This could all be done in email… and should be. People shouldn’t be forced to sign into FB to get their info from them. That’s strange.
Are you worried?
You’re missing the point. The President is absolutely correct. The social media platforms are the equivalent of the town square of the past.
Would you say it’s “dumb” if you were prevented from free speech at the town square, the religious pulpit, or say a newspaper?
What the big tech companies are doing is censorship. It’s utterly & completely unAmerican. Period.
I hope they all get spanked………….bigly.
Saying it’s a dumb lawsuit is not exactly the most brilliant thing I have ever heard.
It’s like saying ” I am a bitch and can’t keep up, so could you please give up so I can win”
Losers
Wrong ………I did not see the word ” Please “.
Just won this suit:
https://therightscoop.com/breaking-idiotic-libs-who-sued-carpe-donktum-and-trump-over-toddler-video-meme-just-lost-in-court/
Humans are unable to override Artificial Intelligence on the Social Media platforms. This is ethically wrong and ensures that human employment has been massively reduced, resulting in higher profit margins and a higher stock market price. But this form of capitalism is Stock Fraud and should be exposed as such.
Perhaps you are unaware that In the United States of America there is nothing more important than our First Amendment free speech rights. Nothing.
The crime outlined in your suggested “superior” case may very well exist and might be an outright offense against humanity , but it would be a seriously convoluted mess to try to prove and win, and it would do nothing to restore or preserve our right to communicate freely.
Please try to keep up and pay attention to the matter at hand.
I can see the trolls are out in force on this article. They are trying so hard, but keep exposing their ignorance of the Constitution, and the role and limitations of the office of the president.
Yup, this one brought them out of their abysmal woodwork. Which I see as a positive thing – right over the target, etc. Sunlight is absolutely the best disinfectant and there are going to be lots of sunburned trolls. Crispy critters, awesome.
Yep. Maggots squirming
many lurkers here at CTH so it is impossible to know the names of all subscribers…but long time denizens are very suspicious of new names posting nonsensical BS unsupported by facts or reference…most of the time the lame LoFos are immediately called out on their pablum
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.
Only this ain’t Mr. Smith and this isn’t YOUR WASHINGTION ZUCK.
Talk about Free Speech, it’s good President Trump is not living in Michigan.
State Police Assisting in Hunt for Individuals Making ‘False Claims’ About 2020 Election
https://www.westernjournal.com/state-police-assisting-hunt-individuals-making-false-claims-2020-election/
Michigan residents who make what state officials say are false claims about the 2020 election could end up getting a visit from state troopers.
State Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan State Police are going to investigate claims that some people making fraud allegations about the 2020 election are profiting from those allegations, Bridge Michigan reported Thursday.
Unbelievable that police do this Communist BS
I think they should start with a legitimate investigation on claims made in thousands of LEGAL affidavits
The monopoly needs to be smashed, and the Oligarchs bought to their knees!
In the UK they had BT, and it wasn’t until that monopoly was smashed that other people were allowed to use and lay phone lines and cable. BT was so powerful and had so much info stored they became the right hand of the British secret services. For the past 3 decades they have operated in massive debt. A debt that would send anyone to the wall, but they continue because the secret scumbags suck their info for blood!
The FBI/CIA/NSA control Zuckerberg, Dorsey et al
What differences do we see with Big tech’s China censorship and here? They censor at the behest of the govt in both cases. The only difference is here they actively choose which side of the govt they obey.
Create a complete copy of their digital cage and cold shoulder them
I guess we will find out how effective class action lawsuits can be. Global.
Hopefully this will enable a lot of information to be disclosed to the public that explains the depth of corruption pervading the world.
At least a gesture right. We never will return to them, but pdjt and us can milk them as we utilize the parrallel digital platform.
To funny how PDJT can keep his fcking mouth shut as he executes long term goals
Our Lion ,”ROARS”…
Hahahaha! The MSM Whores Of The CCP are running around with thire hair on fire and pouring gasoline on it to put it out. I love when they lose thire little minds and the Real President Trump knows exactly what pyschotropic drugs to give them so they spiral hopelessly down into insanity. Yes this is what Victory feels like.
” hear the alarm now, something big is coming”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/
Let’s hope that we can all join the lawsuit.
When I worked in law enforcement we would occasionally get contacted by computer repair people who reported finding child pornography or evidence of some other crime on customers’ computers.
These reports came from concerned citizens acting on their own.
Several years ago there was a scandal involving the FBI paying Best Buy employees to do search customers’ computers and report their findings.
This essentially resulted in the Best Buy employees becoming agents of the government.
One difference between a citizen voluntarily coming forward to report criminal behavior and one being paid in advance to report criminal behavior is that the “agent of the state” has to comply with the constitution, just like the state.
I think it can reasonably be argued that when Big Tech does the government’s bidding, regarding censorship, they are acting as agents of the state, especially when those same companies are rewarded with lucrative government contracts.
As agents of the state they become subject to the same constitutional limitations as the state.
Spot on!
Right so they spoof your digital ID and upload porn the gain access to your shit legally AFTER they already illegally searched you out of fear you know.
How can you not love this man?
History will record Trump as the lone rational voice in a forest of insanity.
Keep in mind that their quest to control the message ultimately isn’t directed at engaged & informed Americans. . . it’s about keeping their dumbed down base toeing the line.
Leftist Democrats need to control what their subjects see & hear today for the very same reason Southern Democrats wouldn’t allow their slaves to read or write 150 years ago.
“A closed mind is an empty mind”
The face of evil never changes, we just need to learn how to recognize it because they are blind to it.
Meaning – they have to kill us, cause we think. And they keep the left that only knows censored info……
This op-ed will secure a growing public support of the lawsuit.
This is a suit pursuant to Sec 203. And that’s fine. But I really think they should have added a Sec 1983 claim as well. These tech companies were clearly acting “under color of the Law”
Is anybody else at CTH sick and tired of the folks that immediately jump in with negative posts? You would think that we would remain positive for at least a short while.
Pessimism has never won a war to date. Only those that continue to fight and move forward with confidence wins the prize. For us the prize is keeping our Representative Republic.
IMO: Not all battles will be won, but the fight for freedom must be fought regardless of setbacks if the war against socialism/communism is to be victorious for the American Citizen.
Yes, it’s the fight that counts. Discouraging the fighters (or attempting to) is not helpful — thus negative or concern trolls to deflate those easily deflated should know that we are on to them.
I don’t know whey PDJT is suing them. Mark and Jack seem like such nice little nazi lads.
LOL!
Pray for these Obama/Bush judges to do the right thing.
They are incapable of such
What a President!
Thank you president Trump doing this and God Bless you,
Of course The Don is correct, capture of speech by govt via Big Tech is a great threat. Information as agitprop.
However The Don has bad legal advice if he thinks the 1st applies to anyone except government.
As you say, this hinges on ” The Supreme Court has held that Congress can’t use private actors to achieve what the Constitution prohibits it from doing itself”. Nothing to do with the 1st for Big Tech corporations. However, get them legally declared as publishers or an effective monopoly and you can Ma Bell them.
I think he is on target. There is proof of the government directing the social media – agents of the government -are- government IMO. They could also be charged with undeclared political “in kind” contributions of huge value.
That’s my point….and nothing to do with the 1st.
I have no idea why, but this article seems to be attracting more trolls than usual. (names I don’t recognize either)
I would wager they are being paid by the comment. They have the same basic script and tempo.
Goes back to what Sundance posted about PA. It almost seems like Trump and team have a plan…
I noticed that too..
” this article seems to be attracting more trolls than usual.”
Seems to happen when Sundance is directly over strategic targets
And oddly, they are all top-level legal genius types. s/
I just wish he’d stop referring to America as a Democracy. We are (or used to be) a Republic! There is a HUGE difference between the two! Words mean things. The left has been perverting and distorting our language for decades. It’s time stop allowing them to get away with it.
Exactly!! I get annoyed when I hear R’s refer to our “democracy” – we are a Democratic Republic and there’s a huge difference between the two.
I really wish we’d eliminate the 17th Amendment.
…me too….the color reference…red or blue…has been flipped too..once I e were blue. Now we are red….was it like?…..a movie or something? Reds are Russian…..blues are disgusting lying traitor trash? Like myorkas?…….that? Kind of trash? Manipulation of public discourse….? ?
Hoo new?
research Ted Koppel of Nightline fame during the 1980 election.,..they feared a close linkage to “RED” would damage their brand because of its attribution with communism
It doesn’t really bother me when people refer to America as a Democracy, even though I’m well-versed in the difference with a Republic. It’s just shorthand usually. The catch phrase for a Democracy is “One Man, One Vote.” I’m for that, even if the entire Garbage Elite-class isn’t.
The bigger problem is that we are neither.
#GovernmentOfOccupation
Democratic Party instead of the Democrat party….pisses me off, nothing Democratic about them.
The 4th branch spent 2 decades creating our digital cage with checkpoints that check on our useful idiotness.
We now are creating a parrallel world from their digital cage, and leaving them behind.
They no longer are us.
That image Sundance put of people outside the gate bathing in sewage runoff IS NOT OUR FUTURE, because I believe Sundance was implying we have a choice: to build our world and have them outside of it, or surrender and accept the sewage.
Gettr is just the start.
I don’t mean to be one of the contrarians on this topic – but I believe that eliminating Section 230 (suing to declare it as “unconstitutional”) is a huge mistake and a very bad thing.
The problem isn’t Section 230 – the problem is that violations of it are being allowed. What needs to happen is Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc., need to be warned to cease and desist behaving as both “publisher” and “platform”; and that, if they do not desist – they lose their immunity. Then that needs to be carried through.
Why do I say that? Because…
1) Section 230 protects both the big tech sites (the “big guys”) AND “the little guys”.
2) The “big guys” can afford lengthy, costly, lawfare lawsuits. The “little guys” cannot. If Section 230 is repealed or eliminated (or whatever the legal term is for “getting rid of it”), then we will see MORE CENSORSHIP, not less. Lawfare will be used to shut down “the little guys” that cannot afford the legal battles; while the “big guys” that can afford it will drag out any lawsuits into years and years (and, if they lose some lawsuit – they still win – because there is now an “environment” in which only those “big guys” can survive).
The problem isn’t Section 230. The problem is non-enforcement.
I am totally against the parts of the lawsuit that seek to render Section 230 moot.
Disclosure: This is not the first time, or even the second time, that I’ve posited this viewpoint here on CTH.
Those are just three examples – I have several more, but you get the idea – this isn’t a new position for me.
Bottom line: I believe that emiminating Section 230 will result in more censorship – due to the “little guys” being unable to afford lawfare against them; while the “big guys” can afford it. Section 230 instead needs to be enforced; and violators should lose their immunity. And.. because eliminating Section 230 generally favors the “big guys” and their government partners-in-crime, I also believe the lawsuit will successfully prevail on that matter – because it favors censorship and control – the very thing they want. It’s a very bad thing IMO.
I agree 100 percent – well stated,
One sure single thing….lawfare is the enemy of the people….it attacked PDJT from before his presidency and it seeks to protect only the intelligence services rule of the USA….the IS is not an elected entity….they serve not one single citizen of OUR nation….lawfare must be destroyed….it must be neutralized……lawfare must die….it is a cancer which must be removed
Time to prosecute lawyers in state courts.
Shakespeare was on the right track 🙂
It would seem that Section 230 should be narrowly tailored to prevent the things it was originally intended to prevent OR all of these platforms should be designated as public utilities.
This lack of enforcement results in a situation just like the onerous regulations that kill small companies. The huge companies can afford them, but not the little guys.
For example, if small manufacturers are required to have insurance that has a premium equal to 4 percent of their gross sales, and they only have a profit margin of 20 or 30 percent (and often it is less for manufacturers) this will effectively cost them 9 percent of their net profit.
That particular insurance is for protection against liability legal action that the small company would never ever be able to afford, which brings us right back to your point about ruinous legal action.
Retired Magistrate here: No matter what happens with President Trump’s lawsuit, he is fighting back not only for himself but for all of us. This is what a true patriot does; fight back whether he/she has a chance of winning or not.
That picture above. I know the guy on the left is Trump, but who are the other three? Hitler, Mao and Stalin? Or simply knock offs of Hitler, Mao and Stalin?
The pictures are of Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Sundar Pichai (Google), and Jack Dorsey (Twitter).
Honestly, cheap imitations of dictators of years past.
LOL! There are indeed similarities…
Big Tech has intentionally tied itself to enforcing the government’s position and then used their power to silence people who disagree with the government’s position. That’s precisely what cannot be allowed if free speech is to mean anything – which it may not.
Bigger picture for me is that the Democrats don’t even need 3rd world immigration for a permanent voting majority.
In 2020 66% of the US electorate voted.
If another 20% vote it’s a Democrat President forever. These are mostly underclasses who despite PDJT getting an improved vote among this demographic, they still vote overwhelmingly Democrat.
You’re off topic bro.
The race riots were incited and the election was stolen precisely because PDJT was making statistically significant inroads with Americans of color.
Indeed, but never a voting majority.
I hope that people are paying attention and see that this is a distraction. Yes the first amendment’s being trampled and something needs to be done, but President Trump is part of the New World Order crew and he is doing this as a diverdion so that nobody will pay attention to what’s being done with the jackboot New World Order agenda being shoved down our throats, in incremental steps which have actually taken a large leap with going door-to-door with the FEMA camp/military representatives to force a jab on people. (Its coming, the IMF and Bilderberg and Rockefeller Foundation white papers prove it) Keep your eye on the big picture people. Fixing to get really nasty in this country. People will stand up and push back against this tyrannical Biden regime though. Although we’re still going to lose to the NWO demons, because the Bible says we do for a little while, in the end God wins, but how many of us will be alive?
🙂 It’s the “Hitler rule”….as soon as you mention “demons” you lose the argument.
facts matter….
“he is doing this as a diverdion so that nobody will pay attention to what’s being done with the jackboot New World Order agenda being shoved down our throats”
dude? we all notice. we are paying attention.
And any evidence for “President Trump is part of the New World Order crew”?
I didn’t think so.
You will find that the most obvious, demonstrated, non-NWO politician on the surface of the earth is The Don.
But I await your argument……
Google DJT freemason hand signs and look at images….throwing Freemason signs all the time. “ok” sign is 666, Devil horns, all seeing eye <> Just Like Fauci and his hidden hand at the Covid press briefings….Secret Societies are what run the world and he’s a part of it.
Oh.
I’ll take that seriously for one minute, then it’s off to a psychiatrist for some tough love for you.
“Ok” is a widely used hand gesture, if you conflate a common hand gesture with secret signals (why? to whom? for what reason? ) you are probably a marginal personality. The “ok’ gesture is used 1000x a day in aviation, for example. You obviously suffer from Apophenia.
Consider, “secret societies” have no need to “flash”secret hand gestures in public….they can communicate much more accurately and with meaning over a beer at the bar.
Discover Ockham and use his razor.
my grand baby used to flash those ‘ok’ signs at us… what the hell do we do with her now??? (ha)
oh good grief.
All obama / Eric holder hires must be purged in every department of govt….reverse the fundamental transformation…restore the republic…..cancel Obama and any associated with him/them…
How cute, we now have trolls coaching each other on the thread.