Craig Brittain, a former revenge porn site operator and current Republican Senate candidate, has sued Twitter for banning him from the site, building on a recent legal ruling involving President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Brittain filed his case on June 5th in Arizona’s district court, throwing a long and varied list of complaints at the company, including inflicting emotional distress as well as violating the First Amendment, federal election law, contract law, and antitrust law.

Brittain was suspended from Twitter in March after he accused Parkland shooting survivors of faking their ordeal. Claiming he was discriminated against for his controversial opinions, he’s asking the court to make Twitter restore that account, and…

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