California Congressman Devin Nunes sues Twitter

Devin Nunes speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

Devin Nunes speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

Devin Nunes, ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, is suing Twitter for $250 million. He claims the site “knowingly acted as a vessel for opposition research” and censors conservative voices. The lawsuit cites Twitter as a whole and specific accounts Nunes considers defamatory. One account is “Devin Nunes’ Cow,” which uses farm puns to mock the politician, who is a dairy farmer.

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