RFK Jr and super PAC sue Meta, claiming election interference

RFK Jr. and AV24 Super PAC Sue Meta, Alleging Election Interference

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and the super PAC backing him have filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., for election interference after it allegedly shadowbanned the documentary “Who is Bobby Kennedy?” on Facebook and Instagram. American Values 2024 (AV24) announced in a May 13 press release that it filed the lawsuit in a California district court for violating the First Amendment and “the American people’s fundamen…

RFK Jr. sues Meta over film, super PAC alleges 'collusion' with gov't to censor third-party hopeful

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and American Values 2024, a political action committee supporting his campaign, filed a First Amendment and election interference lawsuit against Meta on Monday, arguing that the tech giant censored his biographical film, "Who Is Bobby Kennedy?" Kennedy’s campaign team announced its intention to sue Meta last week, just days after the pact released the 30-minute biographical film, narrated by actor Wo…

Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and American Values 2024 File Lawsuit Against Meta for Election Interference and Censorship

NEW YORK, May 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Values 2024 (AV24), along with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has filed the attached election interference case against Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook Operations, LLC, Instagram, LLC, Mark Zuckerberg, and John Does 1- 10.   Meta brazenly censored "speech by and supportive of Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr." The lawsuit accuses Meta et. al. of violating Plaintiffs First Amendmen…

RFK Jr. sues Meta for “election interference” after it temporarily removed a campaign video

Photo by Lev Radin / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images Independent presidential candidate and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing Meta for allegedly violating the First Amendment and engaging in “election interference” because it removed a video about him. The lawsuit is not likely to advance far, considering that the First Amendment bars the government — not companies — from censoring speech. Plus, Section 230 of th…

‘Vast power of censorship’: Robert F Kennedy jnr sues Meta, claiming election interference

The lawsuit said Meta began censoring the video about Kennedy “within minutes” of it going live on May 5 before restoring it.

‘Democracy in name only’: RFK Jr. sues Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly censoring election video

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, alleging the social media platform censored an election video on May 3. The Kennedy-supporting […]