Twitter and Facebook have asked a federal judge to throw out conservative investigative journalist, activist, and congressional candidate Laura Loomer’s latest lawsuit filed because the social media companies banned her from the site.
Loomer, who is running for Congress in Florida’s 11th Congressional District, sued both Twitter and Facebook (Meta) in May, for banning her accounts in November 2018 and May 2019, respectively. Facebook also deleted her political campaign page almost immediately after it was created in November 2019.
The new filing is based on a claim that what the two social media giants consider their anti “hate speech” rules breaks US racketeering laws (RICO).
According to Loomer’s lawsuit, when these companies remove politicians and other public figures they are violating federal law and exhibiting racketeering behaviors; the filing also cites various instances of online censorship and is asking for $10 billion in damages.
Twitter now claims that since Loomer has sued the company ...
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