Judge again tells Devin Nunes he can't sue Twitter over fake cow's tweets

Source: Fresno Bee

A Virginia judge late last month reiterated a ruling that dismissed Twitter from a lawsuit Rep. Devin Nunes filed last year alleging the social media company allowed anonymous users to criticize him unfairly on its platform.

The written decision by Judge John Marshall followed a June 24 ruling that Nunes through conservative media said did not bar him from suing the company over tweets by anonymous writers who heckle him under the personas of a cow and his mother.

“Twitter remains a party to this lawsuit,” Nunes’ attorney Steven Biss told the conservative news website Breitbart. “Reports that Twitter was dismissed from the suit are absolutely false.”

Marshall issued the second ruling on July 24 saying his previous ruling did, in fact, mean Nunes could not sue Twitter in the case because social media platforms under federal law generally are not liable for comments made by their users.



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