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Rep. Devin Nunes can’t sue Twitter over satirical cow account, judge rules – Source CNET Internet News

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Rep. Devin Nunes included Twitter in a defamation lawsuit in 2019.


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Rep. Devin Nunes can’t sue Twitter over tweets made by two parody accounts and a Republican strategist he accuses of defaming him, a Virginia judge has ruled. The satirical accounts he targeted as part of the lawsuit included a fake cow and one that parodies the California Republican’s mother.

Judge John Marshall, of Virginia Circuit Court, wrote that Nunes “seeks to have the court treat Twitter as the publisher or speaker of the content provided by others based on its allowing or not allowing certain content to be on its…

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