Candace Owens lawsuit over Facebook fact checks tossed by judge

[mahatmakanejeeves]

“A tortious interference claim cannot survive if the claim is premised solely on statements that are protected by the First Amendment because the exercise of constitutionally protected speech cannot be an ‘improper’ or ‘wrongful’ action.”

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Candace Owens lawsuit over Facebook fact checks tossed by judge

By Randall Chase - Associated Press - Thursday, July 22, 2021

DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative political commentator Candace Owens against USA Today and another media organization over fact-checking coronavirus posts she made on Facebook.

The judge ruled earlier this week that Owens had failed to state an actionable claim against USA Today or Lead Stories LLC, a Colorado-based entity. Lead Stories, like USA Today, is paid by Facebook to publish fact-check articles examining whether certain posts contain false information, according to the court ruling. Dozens of outside organizations, including The Associated Press, participate in Facebook’s fact-checking program.

Lead Stories published an article in April 2020 fact-checking a Facebook post in which Owens claimed that the way U.S. government officials counted COVID-19 deaths overstated the scope and dangers of the pandemic. The Lead Stories article labeled Owens’ post with the terms “Hoax Alert” and “False” and prompted Facebook to place a false information warning label on Owens’ post.

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[Midnight Writer]

1. Every one of these frivolous suits should be answered with a counter-suit.

If not countered, they will never stop.

This is not what our Justice system is for.

[twin_ghost]

2. Who is paying her attorney fees?

[Caliman73]

3. Turning Points USA, which in turn is funded by dark money.

Charlie Kirk is a failson to some rich guy with rich friends who set up his useless son to spread lies to keep their taxes low. Candace Owens saw a good gig and is their paid mouthpiece.

[KG]

4. never heard her utter an intelligent sentence

another braindead conservative talking head