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Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:55 AM Last update on: Sat Jan 14, 2023 01:01 AM
Robert F Kennedy Jr sues media outlets over misinformation initiative
AFP file photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr
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AFP file photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, son of the slain US presidential candidate, and other anti-vaccine activists have filed a lawsuit against several news organizations that have banded together to fight misinformation.
The nearly 100-page complaint, filed this week in a US District Court in Texas, accuses the media outlets and social media companies of colluding to censor other online publishers with alternative Covid narratives.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. Besides Kennedy, the plaintiffs include an organization he founded, Children’s Health Defense, right-wing news organizations that have promoted anti-vaccine theories and physicians who are prominent Covid and vaccine skeptics.
The named defendants in the suit are The Washington Post, the BBC, the Associated Press and Reuters.
The media outlets are members of the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), a partnership between news organizations and technology companies such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube and Linked-In.
Agence France-Presse is also a member of TNI, whose stated goal is to “tackle harmful disinformation.”
The suit…
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