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RFK Jr and super PAC sue Meta, claiming election interference

Meta censored speech by Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., leading to a lawsuit over violations of First Amendment and civil rights laws.
Meta also censored supportive content of Kennedy, Jr., with threats to suspend accounts for sharing links to related content.
The complaint accuses Meta of election interference, aiming to favor or target a specific presidential candidate through censorship and threats to users.

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Sydney Morning Herald

‘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.

19 days ago·Sydney, Australia

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Benzinga

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…

19 days ago·New York, United States

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Newsweek

RFK Jr. sues Meta claiming election interference, censorship

The lawsuit includes photographic evidence that Meta prevented Facebook and Instagram users from seeing "Who is Bobby Kennedy?" narrated by Woody Harrelson.

19 days ago·United States

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The Daily Caller

‘Democracy In Name Only’: RFK Jr. Sues Mark Zuckerberg For Allegedly Censoring Election Video

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, alleging the social media platform censored an election video on May 3.

19 days ago·Washington, United States

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The Epoch Times

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…

19 days ago·New York, United States

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