2020 Election - Thread #5

[robkelk]

The Register: Florida Man sues Facebook, Twitter, YouTube for account ban

Claiming that they're so powerful that they're state actors, not private companies, and thus the First Amendment applies to them.

[Santa Clara University School of Law associate dean Eric] Goldman said the golfing enthusiast, often seen at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, "rarely files lawsuits because he expects to win, and he often doesn't invest much energy in lawsuits after they've been filed. He usually is seeking some other payoff from litigation. In this case, that payoff is almost certainly the media coverage he will get. He's never held accountable for bringing stupid cases and making stupid arguments in court."

Thus, the article does not give the man the publicity of using his name.