Alex Berenson Sues Twitter For Banning His Account – OutKick

Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter and recurring visitor on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, is combating again towards Twitter and the U.S. authorities after he was banned from the social media web site in late August.

Berenson’s attorneys, in a federal go well with filed this week towards Twitter within the Northern District of California, argue that their consumer was banned quickly after tweeting that COVID vaccines don’t “stop infection” or “transmission” of the virus and that it was true when it was tweeted and it stays true.

“This case raises significant questions about private power and the state of free speech in America,” Berenson’s attorneys state in a criticism filed this week within the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. “Do our laws place any limitations on Twitter’s power to discriminate against speakers — even as it becomes the most important outlet for journalism worldwide, in part because its promises of unfettered free speech have attracted an audience of hundreds of millions of users?”

According to the court docket paperwork, Berenson argues that Twitter “acted on the behalf of the federal government in censoring and barring him from its platform.” His attorneys imagine President Biden calling on censorship for alleged vaccine “disinformation” spreaders from social media platforms resulted in Berenson being a sufferer of Twitter’s ban.

“This lawsuit would be unnecessary if the company had simply followed its own oft–repeated core principles—as well as the general rules it created to monitor posts about COVID–19 and the specific promises it made to Mr. Berenson,” the lawsuit continues.

Berenson is asking the court docket for the next: reinstate his account; cease Twitter from violating his rights, and award him damages affiliate with the ban, together with breach of contract; and “Disgorge Twitter of its ill-gotten positive aspects attributable to his use of Twitter and every other award the court docket deems crucial.

It’ll be an uphill battle for Berenson’s authorized group because the courts haven’t been pleasant to First Amendment fits introduced towards Twitter. MediaPost studies that Donald Trump’s battle with Twitter remains to be alive, however the courts proceed to rule for Big Tech.

“Trump’s cases against social media companies are still pending, but judges have recently thrown out numerous other “censorship” claims towards tech platforms. In these issues, judges have repeatedly stated that solely the federal government — and never personal firms — are certain by the First Amendment’s prohibition on censorship,” MediaPost writes.

In the meantime, Berenson could be discovered on Substack. He’s even over there breaking down precisely what his lawsuit means and why it’s wanted. Go learn it.