Posted on 09/12/2019 4:26:45 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Twitter refused a judge’s request to reveal the identities of the two people running parody accounts that are being sued by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).
Nunes asked for the names of the anonymous users behind the accounts critical of him in a lawsuit he filed in Virginia. A judge asked Twitter to disclose the information in a confidential filing, according to the Sacramento Bee.
The social media company refused to identify the people behind the Twitter accounts known as Devin Nunes’ Cow and Devin Nunes’ Mom.
Nunes is suing the two individuals, Twitter and Republican political strategist Liz Mair. Twitter is asking the case be dismissed.
“Defending and respecting the user’s voice is one of our core values at Twitter,” the company said in a statement. “This value is a two-part commitment to freedom of expression and privacy.”
SNIP
Republican political strategist Liz Mair.
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More properly identified as a Cheap Labor Express operative.
Name Twitter as an additional defendant or subpoena them.
““Defending and respecting the liberal user’s voice is one of our core values at Twitter,” the company said in a statement.”
Fixed it.
Parody as defamation?
Devin needs a thicker skin.
They have done wonderfully respecting James Woods, Alex Jones, etc...
Nunes is suing the two individuals, Twitter and Republican political strategist Liz Mair. Twitter is asking the case be dismissed.
But IF it were people doing that to Obama, Pelosi, etc. they would turn the names over in a heartbeat!
throw the CEO of twitter in the slammer for contempt of court until said documents are produced ...
Lock up the twitter folks responsible and slap a large daily fine on them.
ca discovery sanctions civil
2023.030. To the extent authorized by the chapter governing any
particular discovery method or any other provision of this title, the
court, after notice to any affected party, person, or attorney, and
after opportunity for hearing, may impose the following sanctions
against anyone engaging in conduct that is a misuse of the discovery
process:
(a) The court may impose a monetary sanction ordering that one
engaging in the misuse of the discovery process, or any attorney
advising that conduct, or both pay the reasonable expenses, including
attorney’s fees, incurred by anyone as a result of that conduct.
The court may also impose this sanction on one unsuccessfully
asserting that another has engaged in the misuse of the discovery
process, or on any attorney who advised that assertion, or on both.
If a monetary sanction is authorized by any provision of this title,
the court shall impose that sanction unless it finds that the one
subject to the sanction acted with substantial justification or that
other circumstances make the imposition of the sanction unjust.
(b) The court may impose an issue sanction ordering that
designated facts shall be taken as established in the action in
accordance with the claim of the party adversely affected by the
misuse of the discovery process. The court may also impose an issue
sanction by an order prohibiting any party engaging in the misuse of
the discovery process from supporting or opposing designated claims
or defenses.
(c) The court may impose an evidence sanction by an order
prohibiting any party engaging in the misuse of the discovery process
from introducing designated matters in evidence.
(d) The court may impose a terminating sanction by one of the
following orders:
(1) An order striking out the pleadings or parts of the pleadings
of any party engaging in the misuse of the discovery process.
(2) An order staying further proceedings by that party until an
order for discovery is obeyed.
(3) An order dismissing the action, or any part of the action, of
that party.
(4) An order rendering a judgment by default against that party.
(e) The court may impose a contempt sanction by an order treating
the misuse of the discovery process as a contempt of court.
Liz Mair also did the attack ad on Melania with the nude modeling photo.
Twits owe me a new keyboard for that whopper.
You forgot the parody keyword.
Not to mention twitter would have self-inactivated those accounts. Like they’ve done to any number of comservatives for being conservatives.
True!
“But IF it were people doing that to Obama, Pelosi, etc. they would turn the names over in a heartbeat!”
No. Twitter would have banned the perps & scrubbed their feed. That’s the way Twitter rolls when it comes to offending leftist sensibilities.
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