Twitter refuses to say who's behind fake cow and parody mom being sued by Devin Nunes

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Fresno Bee

Twitter refuses to say who's behind fake cow and parody mom being sued by Devin Nunes
BY KATE IRBY
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 01:12 PM, UPDATED 1 HOUR 2 MINUTES AGO

WASHINGTON

Twitter is refusing a judge's request to disclose the identities of two anonymous social media users who are are critical of Rep. Devin Nunes and are being sued by the California Republican.

Nunes, R-Tulare, demanded the names of anonymous writers through a lawsuit he filed in Virginia against them, Twitter and a Republican political strategist.

The judge overseeing the case asked Twitter to name the anonymous writers in a confidential filing after he heard Twitter's argument last month asking him to dismiss the case.

Twitter on Wednesday told the judge it does not intend to disclose the names of the authors of accounts known as Devin Nunes' Cow and Devin Nunes' Mom, according to documents obtained by McClatchy.

"Defending and respecting the user's voice is one of our core values at Twitter," a Twitter spokesperson said in response to questions about the court filing. "This value is a two-part commitment to freedom of expression and privacy."

Twitter in a message to other defendants in the case said it told the judge that the authors of the accounts do not live or work in Virginia. That matters because the defendants argue Nunes has no grounds to sue them in Virginia.
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Read more: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article235016882.html

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Twitter to judge who asked them to reveal users behind @DevinCow & Nunes mom accounts: Nope
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article235016882.html ...

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

1. Ha! 🐮

[groundloop]

2. Damn, I sure hope nobody tells their friends and family about those accounts

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. You mean this one?

https://twitter.com/DevinCow

or this one?

https://twitter.com/nunesalt

[Flaleftist]

4. Good. Fuck Nunes and fuck that judge. nt

[catbyte]

5. I'm probably displaying my ignorance about legal issues, but how exactly did this get to court if

there's nobody to serve the papers to? If they're anonymous, how can that jackass sue?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. And why did he sue in Virginia

if HE doesn't live there and THEY don't live there ?

[reACTIONary]

7. Don't know for sure, but...

.... the article mentions "other defendants". It also says that Twitter filed a motion to dismiss the case, so they may be a defendant.

[Scarsdale]

8. Nunes is making himself look

petty and ridiculous. When is he up for re-election? Surely the people in his district can do better than this traitor? He is the one who snuck over to the WH to report the findings of a special committee, to the orange anus. Currying favor with the disaster of a president. Seems he has spent more time pursuing this lawsuit than he has actually doing the job he was elected to do.