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Douglass Mackey's Vote-by-Text Meme Conviction Reversed, Citing Insufficient Evidence of Conspiracy

A short excerpt from today's long decision in U.S. v. Mackey by Second Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston, joined by… The post Douglass Mackey's Vote-by-Text Meme Conviction Reversed, Citing Insufficient Evidence of Conspiracy appeared first on Reason.com.

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Revealed: JD Vance promoted far-right views in speech about extremists’ book

Up from Conservatism advocates repeal of Civil Rights Act, investigations into ‘gay lifestyle’ and defunding childcare

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Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house

Guardian investigation identifies Jonathan Keeperman, a former lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, as ‘Lomez’

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Georgia lawmakers are using an AI deepfake video to try to ban political deepfakes

A bill working its way through state legislature seeks to stop use of AI tech in politics – but some far-right activists are opposed

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Russell B. Balikian & Cody M. Poplin (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP) just filed this brief [UPDATE: link added] on my behalf Friday; they drafted it based generally on some thoughts that I'd expressed in this 2021 Tablet article. Here's the substance of the brief, in case any of you…

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He's Going to Prison for Twitter Trolling. That's Not Justice.

Douglass Mackey's case raised questions about free speech, overcriminalization, and a politicized criminal legal system.

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Why Trump is charged under a civil rights law used to prosecute KKK terror

Trump is accused of conspiring to undermine Americans’ right to vote – a charge with roots in the Civil War’s aftermath but used to more broadly prosecute voter fraud conspiracies and election interference, Alex Woodward reports

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Guilty verdict for pro-Trump troll who tried to trick voters out of casting Hillary Clinton ballots in 2016

NEW YORK — A federal jury on Friday convicted pro-Trump troll Douglass Mackey of plotting to trick voters out of casting a ballot during the 2016 presidential election.

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Douglass Mackey Convicted for Vote-by-Tweet Meme

Here's the E.D.N.Y. U.S. Attorney's Office press release: Douglass Mackey, also known as "Ricky Vaughn," was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote. The verdict followed a one-week trial…

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Anonymous government witness may take center stage at NYC trial of pro-Trump Twitter troll who urged 2016 Hillary supporters to vote ‘by text’

A Brooklyn judge will allow a prominent alt-right internet figure to keep his identity secret when he testifies against a pro-Trump Twitter troll accused of trying to trick 2016 Hillary Clinton voters out of casting a ballot.

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Can the Feds Prosecute Douglass Mackey for His Twitter Trolling?

Because of a series of misleading memes, a troll has been charged with conspiracy "to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States."

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The Vote-by-Tweet Memes Prosecution Can Go Forward, Court Rules

Here's the opening of what I wrote about the case in Tablet Magazine two years ago [UPDATE: just to be clear, it's just the opening; I go into a lot more detail in the article itself]: In 2016, a Florida man named Douglass Mackey (using the online alias "Ricky Vaughn")…

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