Legal Opinion
Freedom Watch, Inc. v. Google, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 14, 2019No. Case No. 1:18-cv-02030 (TNM)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREVOR N. McFADDEN, U.S.D.J.
This case is brought by conservative activists who allege that America's major technology firms have conspired to suppress *34their political views. The Plaintiffs raise non-trivial concerns. But because they have failed to tie these concerns to colorable legal claims, the Court must dismiss their Amended Complaint.
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Freedom Watch and Laura Loomer accuse Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Apple (collectively, the "Platforms") of working together to "intentionally and willfully suppress politically conservative content." Am. Compl. 4. Freedom Watch describes itself as a…
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