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Trump Says He’s Suing CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google Over Social Media Bans

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Trump has been off Facebook since Jan. 7, one day after the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. At the time, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Trump was booted for using the platform “to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.” The risk of leaving him on Facebook, Zuckerberg added, was “simply too great.” The indefinite ban also applied to Instagram, which Facebook owns.

Trump had a combined 56 million followers across the two platforms at the time he was banned. In June, Facebook announced the ban would expire in 2023.Trump was also permanently banned from Twitter in January.

Twitter, too, cited the deadly riot, which was carried out by supporters of the then-president. They breached the Capitol in an attempt.

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