RFK Jr Super PAC will sue Meta after campaign infomercial temporarily blocked

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: UK Independent

8 hours ago


The political action committee behind a 30-minute infomercial meant to pitch voters on Robert F Kennedy Jr says it will file a lawsuit against Meta after the company’s platforms temporarily blocked posting of a link to the campaign video last week.

The short film, titled Who is Bobby Kennedy?, is meant to introduce voters to the long-shot independent presidential candidate, an environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist who is also the son of late New York senator Robert F Kennedy. Instagram and Facebook, which are both owned by Meta, made the video temporarily unavailable after it was first posted.

Slickly produced, the video is the product of work by The Morning Show creatorJay Carson and opens with Mr Kennedy reading press clippings describing him in negative terms. It became available on May 3rd via YouTube, but in the days immediately following the commercial’s launch, the super PAC claims Meta deliberately blocked it.

A spokesperson for Meta, Andy Stone, denied the claims in a statement and said the video was temporarily blocked because it had been classified as spam.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-super-pac-meta-lawsuit-campaign-b2540299.html

[marble falls]

1. I recommend he follow anything at all that will derail and take attention off his campaigning. ...

... There's Kennedy level money, and then there's Zuckerburg/Meta level money. I hope it just eats his time up until after the election.

[TheRickles]

2. It's still up on YouTube, for those who'd like to come to their own judgment about it/him.

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[TomSlick]

5. This is obviously a bad dubbed video.

There are plenty of good reasons to criticize RFK. Let's stick to the facts.

Please delete.

[TheRickles]

6. Regardless of the quality of the dubbing(?), it's still an official release by his campaign

And should be viewable by all who are interested. I'm not clear on your rationale for wanting to delete this.

[TomSlick]

7. I think you're right. Sorry.

[TheRickles]

8. Apology accepted - not a problem.

[LiberalFighter]

3. It would seem Meta is actually helping him by blocking it

[oasis]

9. Sure cure for insomnia.

[prodigitalson]

10. Who is Bobby Kennedy's Brain Worm?

[Kennah]

11. That's the frequency, Kenneth

[Kennah]

12. Software bug or software worm?