Republican congressman sued for $ 250 million on Twitter

The republican deputy Devin Nunes announced on Monday $ 250 million request on Twitter for hosting and monetizing the contents of two anonymous parody accounts that were also included in the complaint.

This is about @ usersDevinNunesMom ("Mother of Devin Nunes"), who was recently suspended, and @devincow ("Devin's Cow"), which is still in business and refers to areas where the parents of California's Iowa legislator are located, where he is accused of hiring undocumented immigrants.

In addition, the Republican Communications Consultant has also been appointed Liz Mair, who criticized him on the network and reacted to the news by asking for donations to be able to pay his legal defense.

The lawsuit, filed in Virginia, accuses the social network of hosting content that "is clearly abusive, hateful and defamatory". For the moment, Twitter has not published a statement about it.

Although social networks are under scrutiny due to the growing spread of false news, the platform is protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects digital service providers publishing information).

Nunes also included in the presentation a The accusation that Twitter censures the positions with which it disagrees and hides the conservative accounts, which Twitter has denied with arguments that failed to convince several Republican leaders, including President Donald Trump.

On a similar tone, the legislator recently accused Google of being a "book burner", after the search engine removed Patrick Moore from the "Greenpeace Founders" results page. The lobbyist, who worked for the firm in the 1980s, claimed to have been part of the initial training, data that the company denied with documentary evidence.