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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an independent candidate for the U.S. presidency, and a super PAC supporting his campaign, filed a lawsuit on Monday against Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook. The lawsuit alleges that the tech giant interfered in the election by blocking a political advertisement.
The lawsuit, lodged in federal court in San Francisco by Kennedy and the American Values 2024 super PAC, asserts that Meta censored a 30-minute video detailing Kennedy's life. This censorship involved removing the video and preventing users from watching, sharing, or linking to it on Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
According to the lawsuit, Meta began censoring the video shortly after its release on May 3. Despite Meta's statement on May 5 that the video was no longer being censored, the lawsuit claims that the film remains inaccessible to users.
The lawsuit accuses Meta of leveraging its power of censorship, account suspension, and deplatforming to favor or target its preferred presidential candidate. Meta declined to comment on the lawsuit but stated last week that the link was mistakenly blocked and was promptly restored once the error was identified.
Following the blocking of the ad, Kennedy and numerous others criticized Meta's decision on social media. Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X, reposted the video on X, calling it "worth watching."
The video, titled "Who Is Bobby Kennedy" and narrated by actor Woody Harrelson, provides insights into Kennedy's life, family, and his perspectives on the coronavirus pandemic. Kennedy, previously banned from YouTube and Instagram for spreading vaccine misinformation, rejects the anti-vaccine label, advocating instead for more stringent vaccine testing.
A Facebook post from Kennedy sharing the video has received approximately 10,000 "likes," while the same post on X has garnered about 84,000 "likes."
Kennedy, challenging Republican former President Donald Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden for the White House in November, could potentially secure 8% of voters nationwide, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll in March.