Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to sue tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming that he is the victim of censorship, BBC reported adding that the class action lawsuit also targets the three companies' CEOs.

The former president was suspended from his social accounts in January over public safety concerns in the wake of the Capitol riots, led by his supporters.

In a news conference from his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump called the lawsuit "a very beautiful development for our freedom of speech".

"We are demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing, and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing, and cancelling that you know so well," he said.

He added if tech companies could ban a president, "they can do it to anyone".

None of the tech companies named have yet responded to the lawsuit, which was filed to a federal court in Florida.

The former president called the post that got him banned from Twitter, "the most loving sentence".

(With input from agencies)