Nunes sues Twitter

[Rogue Valley]

Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M

The lawsuit by Mr. Nunes had the perhaps unintended effect of sharply increasing the reach of @DevinCow, The account was up to 46,000 followers as of Tuesday morning and rapidly growing.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA 22nd District).

3/19/19
California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday, accusing the social media site of "shadow-banning conservatives" to secretly hide their posts, systematically censoring opposing viewpoints, and totally "ignoring" lawful complaints of repeated abusive behavior. In a complaint filed in Virginia state court on Monday, obtained by Fox News, Nunes claimed Twitter wanted to derail his work on the House Intelligence Committee, which he chaired until 2019, as he looked into alleged and apparent surveillance abuses by the government. Nunes said Twitter was guilty of "knowingly hosting and monetizing content that is clearly abusive, hateful and defamatory – providing both a voice and financial incentive to the defamers – thereby facilitating defamation on its platform."

The lawsuit alleged defamation, conspiracy and negligence, as well as violations of the state's prohibition against "insulting words" -- effectively fighting words that tend towards "violence and breach of the peace." The complaint sought not only damages, but also an injunction compelling Twitter to turn over the identities behind numerous accounts he said harassed and defamed him. “Twitter is a machine," Nunes' personal attorney, Steven S. Biss, told Fox News. "It is a modern-day Tammany Hall. Congressman Nunes intends to hold Twitter fully accountable for its abusive behavior and misconduct.” "As part of its agenda to squelch Nunes’ voice, cause him extreme pain and suffering, influence the 2018 Congressional election, and distract, intimidate and interfere with Nunes’ investigation into corruption and Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential Election, Twitter did absolutely nothing," the complaint stated. Another account named as a defendant was "Devin Nunes' Cow," or @DevinCow, which purportedly called Nunes a "treasonous cowpoke" and an "udder-ly worthless" criminal.

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Nunes is angry that parody accounts are mocking him. Nunes also alleges that Twitter prevented him from winning his California district by a wider margin.

Related: Devin Nunes Sues Twitter for Allowing Accounts to Insult Him

 

[PLizzy]

Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M

The lawsuit by Mr. Nunes had the perhaps unintended effect of sharply increasing the reach of @DevinCow, The account was up to 46,000 followers as of Tuesday morning and rapidly growing.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA 22nd District).



:2rofll:

Nunes is angry that parody accounts are mocking him. Nunes also alleges that Twitter prevented him from winning his California district by a wider margin.

Related: Devin Nunes Sues Twitter for Allowing Accounts to Insult Him

He must be on crack to seriously believe he can do this.

 

[Felis Leo]

Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M

The lawsuit by Mr. Nunes had the perhaps unintended effect of sharply increasing the reach of @DevinCow, The account was up to 46,000 followers as of Tuesday morning and rapidly growing.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA 22nd District).



:2rofll:

Nunes is angry that parody accounts are mocking him. Nunes also alleges that Twitter prevented him from winning his California district by a wider margin.

Related: Devin Nunes Sues Twitter for Allowing Accounts to Insult Him

*Shrugs* If Twitter wishes to act as a publisher of particular content, rather than a common carrier, they are just as liable to lawsuit as any other online publisher.

 

[Mr Person]

#ConservativeSafeSpaces
#Snowflake

 

[Mycroft]

I don't think he expects to win this. I think he intends to get this issue out in the open...to make the media address the issue.

Just think what'll happen when his lawyers start demanding Twitter's algorithms...their records...their reasoning for shadowbanning some and not others.

The media...and their useful idiots...won't be able to pretend they don't know something. (see my sig)

 

[Rogue Valley]

*Shrugs* If Twitter wishes to act as a publisher of particular content, rather than a common carrier, they are just as liable to lawsuit as any other online publisher.

Freedom of expression. Politicians are not immune to criticism, no matter how much Trump and Nunes object.

 

[trouble13]

Fake news is finding out what it feels like to be under assault. I'm not big on suing people into oblivion but I do believe these outlets have much to answer for about their practices. It looks like conservatives may do to these media outlets what the dems did to big tobacco in the 90s

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[Felis Leo]

Freedom of expression. Politicians are not immune to criticism, no matter how much Trump and Nunes object.

Of course, Rogue Valley. But freedom of expression does not include freedom to defame or spread lies about someone. Let us put aside partisanship and Nunes for one moment and discuss the principle itself. Twitter has control over what is said and what is not said on its platform. It can kick people off for saying things that are offensive to the owners of Twitter, something that platforms such as phone companies cannot do. So it is no longer simply a neutral platform, but a publisher of content as the management can act as the users' editors. And a publisher can be sued for untrue libelous statements that it publishes, do you not agree?