Trump asks Florida judge to force Twitter to restore account

(Washington Insider Magazine) -Former US President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly riot on Jan. 6 where a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. 

Trump filed a request for preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO, Jack Dorsey in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, arguing the social media company was pressured by members of the U.S. Congress to suspend his account and censor the former president in violation of his First Amendment rights, according to the motion.

Twitter and several other social media platforms banned 

Trump from their services citing a risk of incitement of violence.

At the time of removing Trump’s account permanently, Twitter said his tweets had violated the platform’s policy barring “glorification of violence”. 

Twitter cited concerns that Trump would incite further violence. Prior to the ban, Trump had roughly 89 million followers on Twitter.

In July, Trump filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Twitter, Facebook and Google, claiming that he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored.