Appeals Court Revives Project Veritas Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN

The suit stated that CNN suggested that Twitter banned Project Veritas for spreading misinformation, when the ban was for a different reason.

CNN headquarters area one day prior to the presidential debate in Atlanta, Ga., on June 26, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Project Veritas’s lawsuit accusing CNN of publicizing a false statement that Twitter banned Project Veritas for spreading misinformation has been revived, with an appeals court ruling the nonprofit journalism group has plausibly alleged defamation.

Twitter in 2021 banned Project Veritas for sharing private information without consent after the group posted a video showing the residence of a Facebook official. Ana Cabrera, a CNN employee, shared the development on Twitter. A CNN article written by Brian Fung also detailed what had transpired.