Judd Legum

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6. Plaintiff's couldn't just prove it was "more likely than not" that the corporation was grossly negligent. They would have to prove gross negligence by "clear and convincing evidence," one of the highest evidentiary standards. https://t.co/LYiim5CVZr — PolitiTweet.org

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5. McConnell's bill takes this very difficult burden and makes it effectively impossible. Plaintiff's will no longer be able to just prove negligence. They have to prove "gross negligence" -- that the corporation acted consciously, knowing it would put people in danger — PolitiTweet.org

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4. You can see why this would make any COVID-19 injury case VERY DIFFICULT to win. How do you prove you contracted a highly-contagious virus in a specific location? How do you prove it was the businesses fault and not because you didn't wash your hands? https://t.co/LYiim5CVZr — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Even if a Plaintiff achieves all of that, a Defendant can still win if they can prove that the plaintiff's own conduct played a significant role in the injury https://t.co/LYiim5CVZr — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The first thing to understand is that its pretty difficult to recover for any injury in American courts. Plaintiff's are responsible for proving the defendant was careless, their carelessness caused the injury, and the injury caused specific damages https://t.co/LYiim5CVZr — PolitiTweet.org

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1. McConnell is insisting on a liability shield for businesses in the next COVID-19 bill to prevent "frivolous lawsuits" THE TRUTH: he's proposing to protect corporations in virtually every circumstance, no matter how egregious the conduct Let's review https://t.co/LYiim5CVZr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. @sarahpalinusa has an undisclosed relationship w/an obscure right-wing website called Analyzing America The website, wh… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. Facebook took action against Sarah Palin's page after I uncovered evidence she was accepting money to post links, which i… — PolitiTweet.org

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Will Facebook continue to include Breitbart as a "trusted" source in Facebook News? Seems like spreading dangerous disinformation to millions of people on your platform would be disqualifying — PolitiTweet.org

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It's important to note that this video was published by BREITBART. BREITBART was selected by Facebook to be included in Facebook News Facebook says it only selected "high quality" and "trustworthy" sources to be part of Facebook News. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @darth: why can @JuddLegum manage to find all of these cases and Facebook can not, and only takes begrudging action after he publicizes… — PolitiTweet.org

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The Republican's coronavirus relief bill allocates $7 billion for weapons, including, "money for fighter jets, helicopters, radars, ships and armored vehicles" I'm not a scientist, but I don't think fighter jets can combat COVID-19. https://t.co/oLJ5k82sIb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuliaAngwin: Remember when a Google search used to lead you somewhere? Now it increasingly just keeps you on Google. In fact, Google… — PolitiTweet.org

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Some recent tweets from @BrentBozell https://t.co/LPhLeH3TfK — PolitiTweet.org

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5. It's almost as if there is one set of rules for people with personal relationships with Zuckerberg and another set of rules for everyone else I'll continue to dig into this Sign up for updates --> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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4. This mirrors what happened after I uncovered evidence that @benshapiro's Daily Wire was paying Mad World News and others to post links on Facebook. Facebook punished Mad World News but only gave a "warning" to Daily Wire. Shapiro was another invitee to Zuckerberg's house — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrentBozell 3. @BrentBozell has a personal relationship with Zuckerberg. According to Politico, Bozell was among a select group Zuckerberg invited to his home in 2019 as part of his efforts to court the right-wing https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR https://t.co/A7lMRuNNcO — PolitiTweet.org

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2. ForAmerica has posted 1,360 links to The Washington Times since October. Each one has a UTM code allowing it to get paid for the traffic. But ForAmerica is owned by the Media Research Center, which is run by @BrentBozell Why is that important? https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Facebook took action against Sarah Palin's page after I uncovered evidence she was accepting money to post links, which is against Facebook's rules But Facebook is ignoring even stronger evidence against a large page called ForAmerica What gives? https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm VERY impressed with Trump's new tone. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WillOremus: This is the latest in a string of stories by Popular Info that expose how Facebook appears to quietly let influential conse… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @oneunderscore__: He’s not suspended (the account would show it), but it’s possible he can’t post for a few hours because he shared a fa… — PolitiTweet.org

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9. Facebook, however, says it has not established there is a paid relationship between ForAmerica and The Washington Times and, for now, is taking no action The evidence seems overwhelming but apparently its not enough https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrentBozell 8. The arrangement massively increases the distribution of The Washington Times on Facebook. On most days, Washington Times links get more engagement from ForAmerica than everywhere else on Facebook combined https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR https://t.co/JV3oXqXQyD — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Like the scheme perpetrated by The Daily Wire and Palin, each Washington Times link posted to ForAmerica includes a code that allows the traffic to be quantified and paid for ForAmerica is affiliated with @BrentBozell https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org

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6. I also found evidence that The Washington Times is paying a huge Facebook page called ForAmerica (7.5 million followers) to boost its content. ForAmerica has published 1,360 links to The Washington Times since October, about 2/3 of all links posted https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Facebook does not appear interested in enforcing its rules on its own. So it's up to people like me to uncover this kind of manipulation. For independent accountability journalism, sign up for my newsletter --> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Palin posts Analyzing America links with a special code appended to the URL which facilitates being paid for driving traffic to the site It's the same scheme @realDailyWire was using with a toxic group of Facebook pages controlled by Mad World News https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Palin has posted links to Analyzing America 280 times since May 4. All of the content is aggregated and much of it is toxic. Last year, Analyzing American published a post implying that Hillary Clinton was responsible for murdering Jeffrey Epstein. https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org

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@SarahPalinUSA 2. In response to a request for comment, Facebook said: "After an initial investigation, we found there’s enough evidence to merit a deeper review. In the meantime, we are taking temporary enforcement action and demoting the Page posting this content" https://t.co/79YQlSQ6AR — PolitiTweet.org