When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
This is from an article in today’s guardian
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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I do not know what is the t***h with this situation. Wh**ever it is, it will come out in some obfuscated fashion, perhaps like the alleged “Russian collusion.”
As an aside, I do know that these machines were reviewed for use in the state of Texas two separate times. After these reviews, Texas decided not to use them.
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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No.... but keep trying, most quit after 5 years of endless failures, I guess you gotta be tough if you are going to be.............
Weasel
Loc: In the Great State Of Indiana!!
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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This is not something out of the X-Files.
It is all very simple.
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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What are you going to say when you lose?We bought the judge?
vernon wrote:
What are you going to say when you lose?We bought the judge?
What are you going to say if D******n wins, if Trump said it then it becomes the t***h and facts do not matter
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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D******n is c***ting system used solely to take over country’s by dictators!
Wonttakeitanymore wrote:
D******n is c***ting system used solely to take over country’s by dictators!
But Donny is going to stop them.
What’s the new date of Trumps triumphant to the White House, August.
Lots of time got the broke billionaire to extract more money
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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Why do we use a foreign country’s company for our e******n in the first place.
That is like having Mexico print our money.
Stuuupid
Sonny Magoo wrote:
Why do we use a foreign country’s company for our e******n in the first place.
That is like having Mexico print our money.
Stuuupid
You buy the best whenever it is made. If America made better they would have won the in the bidding to supply
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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They’ve done a great job brainwashing you haven’t they? Biden barely campaigned, could hardly fill a room at his rallies while Trump was filling stadiums and people outside and Biden got the most v**es in history? Bulls**t! There was absolutely fraud! Even a moron should see it. You’re always on here spreading your bulls**t like a good little liberal. Democrats are trying to change the e******n laws allowing 16 year olds, felons and i******s to v**e and overriding state e******n laws , as well as, getting rid of the e*******l college. That will disenfranchise the vast majority of states. But you’re probably ok with that too aren’t you? Once we go to one party rule our country is gone. It’s already pretty much gone with moronic liberals like yourself pushing your socialist bulls**t. Now we’ve got a corrupt, brain dead old man who is nothing more than a puppet with Obama and Pelosi pulling the strings. He’ll never make it four years and we’ll have horizontal Harris running the country. The democrats have become the new c*******t party and they’re pure scum!!
Kevyn wrote:
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of v***r f***d and a s****n e******n, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
“Libel laws may prove to be a very old mechanism to deal with a very new phenomenon of massive disinformation,” said Bob Shrum, a Democratic strategist. “We have all these fact checkers but lots of people don’t care. Nothing else seems to work, so maybe this will.”
The David in this David and Goliath story is D******n V****g Systems, an e******n machine company named after Canada’s D******n E******ns Act of 1920. Its main offices are in Toronto and Denver and it describes itself as the leading supplier of US e******n technology. It says it serves more than 40% of American v**ers, with customers in 28 states.
But the 2020 e******n put a target on its back. As the White House slipped away and Trump desperately pushed groundless claims of v***r f***d, his lawyers and cheerleaders falsely alleged D******n had r****d the polls in favour of Joe Biden.
Among the more baroque conspiracy theories was that D******n changed v**es through algorithms in its v****g machines that were created in Venezuela to rig e******ns for the late dictator Hugo Chávez.
The t***h matters. Lies have consequences
D******n V****g Systems
It was laughable but also potentially devastating to D******n’s reputation and ruinous to its business. It also fed a cocktail of conspiracy theories that fuelled Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, as Congress moved to certify the e******n results. Five people died, including an officer of the C*****l p****e.
The company is fighting back. It filed $1.3bn defamation lawsuits against Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, for pushing the allegations without evidence.
Separately, D******n’s security director, Eric Coomer, launched a suit against the Trump campaign, Giuliani, Powell and some conservative media figures and outlets, saying he had been forced into hiding by death threats.
Then came the big one. Last month D******n filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims.
“The t***h matters,” D******n’s lawyers wrote in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of e******n f***d in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring D******n in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
The suit argues that Fox hosts and guests “took a small flame and turned it into a forest fire” by broadcasting wild assertions that D******n systems changed v**es and ignoring repeated efforts by the company to set the record straight.
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by Fox News will cost D******n $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in D******n employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.
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What's really funny is, none of them questioned the the results of the machines used in States t***p w*n.
Obama knew, years in advance, that trump would run for pres and win, so spent the 8 years of his presidency developing the anti trump deep state. This means it must have been Obama who knew that biden would run and which States would be critical for his win, designing the massive fraud in those States.
Yet again, repubs prove that Obama was THE most powerful president we've ever had.
lpnmajor wrote:
What's really funny is, none of them questioned the the results of the machines used in States t***p w*n.
Obama knew, years in advance, that trump would run for pres and win, so spent the 8 years of his presidency developing the anti trump deep state. This means it must have been Obama who knew that biden would run and which States would be critical for his win, designing the massive fraud in those States.
Yet again, repubs prove that Obama was THE most powerful president we've ever had.
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That’s really laughable! Obama most powerful president ever? Really? Name one thing he did other than be the most d******e president ever. I’m sure Iran thought he was great when him and horse face Kerry cleared the way for them to become nuclear and sent them a plane loaded with money without even notifying congress. Obama is the same as Biden, a corrupt piece of s**t!
WaddlEroad wrote:
They’ve done a great job brainwashing you haven’t they? Biden barely campaigned, could hardly fill a room at his rallies while Trump was filling stadiums and people outside and Biden got the most v**es in history? Bulls**t! There was absolutely fraud! Even a moron should see it. You’re always on here spreading your bulls**t like a good little liberal. Democrats are trying to change the e******n laws allowing 16 year olds, felons and i******s to v**e and overriding state e******n laws , as well as, getting rid of the e*******l college. That will disenfranchise the vast majority of states. But you’re probably ok with that too aren’t you? Once we go to one party rule our country is gone. It’s already pretty much gone with moronic liberals like yourself pushing your socialist bulls**t. Now we’ve got a corrupt, brain dead old man who is nothing more than a puppet with Obama and Pelosi pulling the strings. He’ll never make it four years and we’ll have horizontal Harris running the country. The democrats have become the new c*******t party and they’re pure scum!!
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If Trump keeps up his irrational rhetoric all but die hard cult members will leave the Republican Party and go independent. For as long as he is controlling the GOP.
The Dems will possibly have 12 years in the White House
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