Judge John Marshall said in a decision Friday that Twitter was “immune from the defamation claims of” Nunes, R-Tulare, due to federal law that says social media companies are not liable for what people post on their platforms.
Nunes sued Twitter, the two parody accounts known as Deivn Nunes’ Cow and Deivn Nunes’ Mom and strategist Liz Mair in March 2019. He alleged the latter three had defamed him online, ruining his reputation and causing him to win his 2018 election by a narrower margin than normal. He accused Twitter of being negligent for allowing the alleged defamation.
Twitter said that they were immune due to Federal law Section 230. The judge agreed.
230 says that social media companies are not responsible for what third parties post on their sites.
Nunes case against 2 parody accounts and Liz Mair may continue.
Lots more where this came from at The Sac Bee.
