Project Veritas Founder James O'Keefe Files Defamation Suit Over Twitter Ban

American far-right activist group Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe has slapped a defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc TWTR in the state court in Westchester County, New York, alleging the latter of falsely implicating Keefe of operating fake accounts leading to his permanent ban, Forbes reports.
Twitter’s statements on his ban were “extremely damaging to his reputation” and damaged his factfinding work, read O’Keefe’s lawsuit statements.
O’Keefe alleged Twitter of subjecting him to “hatred, contempt, and ridicule.” The allegedly untrue statements “tended to diminish the esteem, respect, goodwill, or confidence,” according to Bloomberg.
O’Keefe sought undetermined damages and a court injunction preventing Twitter from making false statements about him.
Project Veritas has faced flak for its deceptively edited secret recordings maligning groups and companies, including Planned Parenthood, CNN, and the Washington Post.
Twitter banned O’Keefe from the platform on Thursday for breaching its platform manipulation and spam policy through multiple account operations. O’Keefe had announced the defamation suit when Twitter banned him.
Price action: TWTR shares traded lower by 3.12% at $65.82 on the last check Tuesday.