[HN Gopher] Social media influencer Douglass Mackey convicted of...
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       Social media influencer Douglass Mackey convicted of election
       interference
        
       Author : anigbrowl
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-03-31 20:58 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.justice.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.justice.gov)
        
       | justinzollars wrote:
       | The United States has become a joke. He is convicted for making a
       | meme?
        
         | nerdix wrote:
         | "As proven at trial, between September 2016 and November 2016,
         | Mackey conspired with other influential Twitter users and with
         | members of private online groups to use social media platforms,
         | including Twitter, to disseminate fraudulent messages that
         | encouraged supporters of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
         | to "vote" via text message or social media which, in reality,
         | was legally invalid. For example, on November 1, 2016, in or
         | around the same time that Mackey was sending tweets suggesting
         | the importance of limiting "black turnout," the defendant
         | tweeted an image depicting an African American woman standing
         | in front of an "African Americans for Hillary" sign. The ad
         | stated: "Avoid the Line. Vote from Home," "Text 'Hillary' to
         | 59925," and "Vote for Hillary and be a part of history." The
         | fine print at the bottom of the deceptive image stated: "Must
         | be 18 or older to vote. One vote per person. Must be a legal
         | citizen of the United States. Voting by text not available in
         | Guam, Puerto Rico, Alaska or Hawaii. Paid for by Hillary For
         | President 2016." The tweet included the typed hashtag
         | "#ImWithHer," a slogan frequently used by Hillary Clinton. On
         | or about and before Election Day 2016, at least 4,900 unique
         | telephone numbers texted "Hillary" or some derivative to the
         | 59925 text number, which had been used in multiple deceptive
         | campaign images tweeted by Mackey and his co-conspirators."
         | 
         | Sounds like a bit more than a meme to me.
        
         | scottshamus wrote:
         | He's accused of conspiring to trick voters into using fake
         | voting methods so they didn't vote. How would you react if
         | someone created a fake voting location and put a full page ad
         | in a newspaper telling people to vote there?
        
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