Posted on 12/29/2020 5:53:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
John Paul Mac Isaac, the Wilmington, Delaware owner of a now-closed computer repair shop, is suing Twitter for half a billion dollars for implying that he is a “hacker.” The case Mac Isaac v. Twitter, Inc. (link currently not working) was filed in federal court in Southern District of Florida and alleges:
[25.] Defendant's false and negligent statements about Plaintiff include: …
[b.] Posting the reason for the [New York Post account being locked] as it being in violation of Defendant's "hacked material" rules ….
[26.] Defendant's Distribution of Hacked Materials Policy … defines a "hack" as "an intrusion or access of computer, network, or electronic device that was unauthorized or exceeded authorized access.["]
[27.] The Hacked Materials Policy further defines "hacked materials" as "information obtained through a hack."
[28.] Defendant's actions and statements had the specific intent to communicate to the world that Plaintiff is a hacker.
[29.] According to Meriam-Webster, a "hacker" is "a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system." …
[31.] Plaintiff is not a hacker and information obtained from the computer does not [constitute] hacked materials because Plaintiff lawfully gained access to the computer, first with the permission of its owner, BIDEN, and then, after BIDEN failed to retrieve the hard drive despite Plaintiff's requests, in accordance with the Mac Shop's abandoned property policy.
[32.] Plaintiff, as a direct result of Defendant's actions and statements, is now widely considered a hacker and, on the same day Defendant categorized the Plaintiff as a hacker, Plaintiff began to receive negative reviews of his business as well as threats to his person and property….
[36.] Defendant … has made false statements that the materials obtained by NY POST from GIULIANI, which originally came from the Plaintiff, constitutes hacked materials thereby categorizing the Plaintiff as a hacker.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Later
Link seems to work okay.
Wait, did twitter say this themselves, or is he suing them for content that appeared on their (still protected) platform?
Lots of ellipses in the quotes of Twitter, which leave room for wiggle words like "or appear to be" or "believe to be". In the current era of the internet, there is no excuse for ellipses which are not immediately linked to the full version of the edited text.
In this, there is proof positive that Twitter is a democrat-leaning organization!
Twitter opens check book again.
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