Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google, including their CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai.
Trump announced the lawsuits at a press conference on Wednesday. He cited the issues as "a very important game-changing factor for our country".
The lawsuits come six months after Trump permanently or temporarily suspended all three platforms.
Allegations come after numerous other failed attempts to sue social media companies for suspensions or other forms of moderation.
The complaints allege that social media companies violated the Amendment I after suspending Trump from his networks, an argument that courts have usually ignored. They have ruled overwhelmingly that the First Amendment is intended to limit censorship by the government, not private companies.
The lawsuits seek damages on behalf of any user who has a restricted or wrongly restricted accounts on Facebook, Twitter or a Google services. Courts are required to declare Article 230 of the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional.
Ironically, Trump cited Section 230 as a legal justification for suing the companies, yet, incorrectly saying that "once they have Section 230, they are not private companies."
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