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Supreme Court declines to revive Laura Loomer RICO suit against Meta, Twitter
The Supreme Court dismissed Loomer's fourth lawsuit claiming social media companies conspired to block her posts under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Laura Loomer's appeal to sue Facebook, X and advertisers over bans on her posts, with both platforms waiving responses.
- After being banned in 2018 and 2019, Loomer sued, alleging Twitter banned her for `hateful` conduct and Facebook barred her as `dangerous individuals`, stifling her 2020 and 2022 campaigns.
- A federal judge in California dismissed the RICO-based complaint and denied leave to amend, and the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal, finding no plausible RICO violation.
- Loomer has repeatedly lost in lower courts as her claims were dismissed, and she contended the bans `doomed her campaigns` during her 2020 and 2022 congressional campaigns.
- Her case also raised Section 230 issues, and after Elon Musk purchased Twitter in 2022, now known as X, Loomer was reinstated and gained more than 1.7 million followers.
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Supreme Court brushes aside Laura Loomer lawsuit against social media companies
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from Laura Loomer, the prominent far-right influencer and ally of President Donald Trump who sued social media companies for yanking her off their platforms.
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