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Twitter Bans Veritas Founder James O’Keefe — He Threatens Lawsuit In Response
Forbes ^ | April 15, 2021 | Joe Walsh

Posted on 04/15/2021 2:08:09 PM PDT by McGruff

Twitter permanently banned Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe on Thursday, accusing the controversial right-wing personality of violating the social network’s spam and platform manipulation rules — but O’Keefe says he plans on suing Twitter in response.

O’Keefe’s suspension is permanent, a Twitter spokesperson told Forbes.

The spokesperson cited Twitter’s platform manipulation and spam rules, which prohibit users from running fake accounts and using multiple accounts to “artificially amplify or disrupt conversations,” though the company did not point to a specific infraction.

O’Keefe told Forbes in a statement he plans on suing Twitter for defamation next week, denying that he ever operated fake accounts.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; covidstooges; flubras; flubros; jamesokeefe; jamesokeefeiii; okeefe; twitter; twitterban; vaccinemandate
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1 posted on 04/15/2021 2:08:09 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

I hope to God he nails them. These fascists are out of control!


2 posted on 04/15/2021 2:10:30 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: McGruff

DO IT, JAMES!!!~ DO IT NOW!!!


3 posted on 04/15/2021 2:10:31 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: McGruff

Bump!


4 posted on 04/15/2021 2:10:51 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
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To: McGruff

All he has to do is point to Vladimir Putin, The Chinese Government, and the Mullahs in Iran having active accounts pulling this same stuff and any first year lawyer could sue this guys into oblivion


5 posted on 04/15/2021 2:12:26 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: Ann Archy

“This is false, this is defamatory, and they will pay,” O’Keefe said in a statement, which was sent through a Project Veritas spokesperson and posted to his Telegram account. “Section 230 may have protected them before, but it will not protect them from me.”


6 posted on 04/15/2021 2:12:49 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Jack Dorsey needs to be destroyed along with Twitter.


7 posted on 04/15/2021 2:15:14 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: McGruff

That guy has balls! Wish our GOP leadership had one tenth of the manhood that kid has.


8 posted on 04/15/2021 2:16:01 PM PDT by Chainmail (Remember - that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: McGruff

I like the cut of his jib


9 posted on 04/15/2021 2:16:30 PM PDT by swingdoc
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To: McGruff

Sue them for billions. Emotional trauma from obvious defamation.


10 posted on 04/15/2021 2:17:07 PM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: McGruff

The Left is saying he was suspended because he posted some guys private phone number.

I do not know if this is true or not.


11 posted on 04/15/2021 2:17:10 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: McGruff

Twitter allows hard-core pornography but will ban you if you so much as post a Bible verse.


12 posted on 04/15/2021 2:20:50 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: McGruff

Sue the bas@%ds! 😉


13 posted on 04/15/2021 2:23:27 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: McGruff

That sort of sounds like he might have some inside recordings. O’Keefe needs to go for the throat.


14 posted on 04/15/2021 2:24:04 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: SueRae

It should be a class action suit because Twitter has damaged the Nation.


15 posted on 04/15/2021 2:25:13 PM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: Chainmail

They do when the opponent is conservatives.


16 posted on 04/15/2021 2:28:12 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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17 posted on 04/15/2021 2:33:58 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Dorsey’s a figure head.

Check out the institutional ownership.

That’s who’s calling the shots.


18 posted on 04/15/2021 2:36:28 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: McGruff

It’s pretty clear why he was banned. He exposes their criminal friends.


19 posted on 04/15/2021 2:36:37 PM PDT by Dragonspirit (CNN is the enemy. Ashli Babbitt is the hero.)
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To: McGruff

I hope it becomes a class action lawsuit. I was banned as well with no warning or explanation


20 posted on 04/15/2021 2:41:17 PM PDT by CharlotteVRWC
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