Former President Donald Trump, who was kicked off Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms earlier this year, will reportedly announce class-action lawsuits Wednesday against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Trump is expected to announced the news at an 11 a.m. ET press conference, Axios reported.

The legal effort will be supported by the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit formed earlier this year by alumni of the Trump administration.

On Jan. 8, two days after the riot at the US Capitol, Twitter took the unprecedented step of permanently banning then-President Trump’s world-famous account from the platform.

Facebook also kicked Trump off its social media platforms around the same time, saying the ban would last at least through the end of his presidency. The company later sent the case to its Oversight Board to rule on whether the ban should be permanent.

Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey is the CEO of Twitter, which permanently banned Donald Trump following the Capitol riot.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Donald Trump is banned from Facebook until at least 2023.
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In May, the Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision to block Trump, but said an indefinite ban was inappropriate and gave Facebook six months to lay out clearer penalties.

Facebook announced last month that the ban will last at least until 2023, when the decision will be reassessed.



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