Donald Trump and X (Twitter) have reached an agreement and They have asked the court to dismiss the case that faced them for the blockade of the first in 2021. In the absence of becoming official, it can be said that the Vendetta that the then former president of the United States undertook against social networks that censored his activity after concluding his first term has reached his end.
It should be remembered that Trump sued Facebook, Google and Twitter a few months after leaving the White House, in response to the blockade of their accounts on these platforms after the assault on the Capitol by their supporters. His official presence on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter disappeared from a stroke.
The unprecedented movement of technology opened an intense debate on issues that remain in force today, such as the limits of freedom of expression and the capacity of private companies to manage platforms used by millions of people, silencing public representatives on the sidelines of The legal channels. It is relevant to remember that, shortly after the assault on the Capitol, the US Senate acquitted Trump of any responsibility in the facts.
The truth is that Trump was censored and responded with legal actions against platformswhose defense was based on the argument that they acted in favor of public welfare. Those who predicted that the case would be at all were not very successful: while the litigation against Google for the YouTube blockade was filed in 2023, just a few weeks ago target agreed to pay 25 million dollars to close the case related to Facebook and Instagram.
That the circle now closes with the agreement with X, owned by one of Trump’s main courage to return to the White House, without obvious defeats for any of the parties, it is not surprising either. In fact, Elon Musk was the first to restore Trump’s account after giving Twitter control, and the rest of social networks did not take long to follow his example. The last to do it was YouTube, at the beginning of 2023.
.jpg)
