Trump social media company sues Brazilian Supreme Court justice in global free speech fight

President Donald Trump's social media firm on Wednesday sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice for trying to force the video platform Rumble to censor accounts belonging to a U.S.-based Brazilian user, picking a global free speech fight aligned with the new administration's priorities.

Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., the owner of Truth Social, joined Rumble today in filing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

"Justice Moraes has issued sweeping orders to suspend multiple U.S.-based accounts (“Banned Accounts”) of a well known politically outspoken user (“Political Dissident A”), ensuring no person in the United States can see his content (“Gag Orders”)," the suit said. 

"The Gag Orders, as issued, censor legitimate political discourse in the United States, undermining fundamental constitutional protections enshrined in the First Amendment, clashing with the Communications Decency Act, and defying basic comity principles," the suirt charged.

 to force Rumble to censor accounts belonging to a U.S.-based Brazilian user.

The suit asks a judge to free Rumble from Moraes gag orders. It argued that Rumble's compliance with the gag orders would directly harm TMTG, because Truth Social is powered by Rumble servers.

“TMTG is firmly committed to upholding the right to free expression. This is not just a slogan, it’s the core mission of this company. We’re proud to join our partner Rumble in standing against unjust demands for political censorship regardless of who makes them," Trump Media and Techonology Group CEO Devin Nunes said.

The suit comes less than a week after Vice President J.D. Vance gave an impassioned speech in Europe warning growing censorship activities threaten the core freedoms long cherished by the Western world.