{"id":119068,"date":"2019-03-19T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T22:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=119068"},"modified":"2019-03-19T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T22:50:09","slug":"nunes-suing-twitter-for-250-million-for-election-meddling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=119068","title":{"rendered":"Nunes Suing Twitter for $250 Million for Election Meddling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report: Nunes Sues Twitter for $250M for Election Meddling<\/h1>\n

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Rep. Devin Nunes (AP)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Eric Mack
\nNEWMAX<\/p>\n

Alleging “shadow-banning conservatives” to influence 2018 midterm elections, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has filed a lawsuit over $250 million against Twitter and a handful of its users, Fox News reported Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Twitter is a machine,” Steven Biss, Rep. Nunes’ personal attorney, told Fox News. “It is a modern-day Tammany Hall. Congressman Nunes intends to hold Twitter fully accountable for its abusive behavior and misconduct.”<\/p>\n

Nunes’ lawsuit filed in Virginia state court Monday alleges defamation, conspiracy, and negligence, seeking compensatory damages of $250 million and punitive damages of $350,000, because Twitter “knowingly hosting and monetizing content that is clearly abusive, hateful and defamatory \u2013 providing both a voice and financial incentive to the defamers \u2013 thereby facilitating defamation on its platform,” according to the report.<\/p>\n

Nunes is also seeking an injunction to force Twitter to turn over identities to accounts he claims harassed and defamed him, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n

“Twitter created and developed the content at issue in this case by transforming false accusations of criminal conduct, imputed wrongdoing, dishonesty, and lack of integrity into a publicly available commodity used by unscrupulous political operatives and their donor\/clients as a weapon,” Nunes’ legal team wrote, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n

“Twitter is ‘responsible’ for the development of offensive content on its platform because it in some way specifically encourages development of what is offensive about the content.”<\/p>\n

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