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Judge says Trump can’t merge big tech censorship lawsuits

By Kathy S. Mercado
January 13, 2022
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By Khorri Atkinson (January 13, 2022, 4:12 PM EST) – Former President Donald Trump has failed to persuade a California federal court to combine his proposed class action lawsuits accusing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube of unconstitutional censorship after a judge concluded that Trump’s request for consolidation “is premature”.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled in an order filed Wednesday that the court had already determined that the three separate cases were unrelated and therefore could not be consolidated, ruling in favor of the social media giants, which are opposed to Trump’s request, filed in December. Judge White is overseeing the cases against Facebook and YouTube, while another California federal judge is handling the Twitter case….

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