Project Veritas’ defamation suit challenging CNN’s on-air assertion that its Twitter account was suspended because it was spreading misinformation was improperly dismissed, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The lower court applied the wrong standard in dismissing the case, Judge Elizabeth L. Branch said for the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Veritas is known for conducting undercover investigations seeking to expose misconduct in the public and private sectors, Branch said. It had an extensive presence on Twitter until February 2021, when it published the number of a house that a Facebook officer was in front of when ...

Source: CNN November 08, 2024 12:49 UTC