YouTube Escapes RFK Jr.'s Lawsuit Over Anti-Vax Video Removals

Sept. 3, 2024, 8:44 PM UTC

Google LLC on Tuesday beat a lawsuit from former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who alleged YouTube violated his free speech rights by removing videos that it dertermined contained vaccine misinformation.

Judge Trina L. Thompson of the US District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the suit in a one-page order without giving Kennedy a shot to amend his complaint. The order didn’t include an opinion describing the reason for the dismissal.

The ruling comes weeks after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed Thompson’s earlier decision to deny Kennedy’s request for a preliminary ...

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