Judge rules that GOP Rep. Devin Nunes cannot sue Twitter over tweets made by parody accounts pretending to be his mother and his cow

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• A Virginia judge dismissed a $250 million defamation lawsuit from Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California against Twitter on Wednesday.
• Nunes filed the lawsuit against Twitter in March 2019, accusing the social media site of "explicit censorship of viewpoints with which it disagrees" and "shadow-banning conservatives."
• It also accused Twitter of allowing two anonymous parody accounts known as Devin Nunes' Cow and Devin Nunes' Mom, and a real account for Republican strategist Liz Mair to tweet disparaging remarks against him without penalty. 
• Judicial circuit Judge John Marshall said that Twitter was immune from Nunes' defamation claims, citing a federal law that protects internet publishers from being held liable for content published by third parties. 
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A Virginia judge dismissed a lawsuit from Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California against Twitter on Wednesday, ruling that the social media network cannot be held liable for unflattering tweets made by its users.

In March 2019, Nunes filed a lawsuit against Twitter and other parties seeking $250 million in damages. In the lawsuit, Nunes alleged that Twitter was an "information content provider," and said that the social media site was responsible for the creation of content disseminated through its service. It also accused Twitter of "explicit censorship of viewpoints with which it disagrees" and for "shadow-banning conservatives."

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