Journalist James O'Keefe Lauded For Twitter Suit

  While the suit does not name CNN as a defendant, the lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Westchester infers that Twitter may have been protecting the news network, following the release of an undercover video of a CNN employee seemingly admitting to bias against President Donald Trump, and in favor of Black Lives Matter.

  The lawsuit, from Dhillon Law Group, claims that shortly after O'Keefe's Project Veritas released the third video exposé that featured CNN technical director Charlie Chester, O'Keefe's "Twitter account was abruptly and permanently suspended."

  The suit also says that "O'Keefe only ever used his personal account to tweet links to the Project Veritas reports about CNN," and that early last week the videos were trending No. 2 on Twitter in the United States.

  "After suspending Mr. O'Keefe's personal Twitter account on April 15, Twitter, through an unnamed spokesperson, disseminated to media outlets the provably false statement that Mr. O'Keefe was 'operating fake (Twitter) accounts,'" according to the lawsuit.

  "By accusing Mr. O'Keefe of 'operating fake accounts,' Twitter was indirectly attacking Mr. O'Keefe's fitness for his profession by accusing him of 'misleading others' and by effectively running a disinformation outlet akin to the much-discussed 'Russian interference'/disinformation bots that plagued the 2016 election," the lawsuit states.

  In fact, the suit goes into great detail about Twitter's efforts to crack down on fake accounts due to the 2016 presidential election. By suspending O'Keefe, it could have inadvertently lumped him into a very disturbing and damaging category, the suit argues.

  "Twitter controls and operates its own platform and necessarily has the means and ability to confirm if an individual is operating multiple accounts under aliases and to authenticate the identities of those who open accounts," the suit maintains.

  The lawsuit does not specify a dollar amount, but asks for the court to award O'Keefe all reasonable costs and further relief, and that it remove all "defamatory representations of fact."

  O'Keefe's banning comes during an era of increased cencorship by social media giants against conservatives. Large scale censorship manifest to its furthest extent yet earlier this year when Twitter suspended former President Donald Trump's account.

  Though even his political opponents around the world reacted with dismay at the ban, US Democratic political leaders and media elites generally accepted the decision with little pushback. Many on the right feel these purges, in addition to the wider phenomenon of Cancel Culture, to be a part of an ongoing cultural revolution in an effort to expunge the values of traditional America.

  Whether the transformation will be entirely successful depends on an informed public, a goal seen as increasingly less likely in light of events over the past year.

  Regardless of the impending suit's outcome, it is high time the social media behemoth paid for its reckless actions, and O'Keefe should be applauded for his patriotic actions. O'Keefe's lawsuit is a good first step forward but legislative action will be required to bring about any meaningful reform.