The decision is a win for Douglass Mackey, a self-proclaimed "troll" who used his Twitter handle to spread false information ...

Douglass Mackey, 34, was sentenced to seven months behind bars after he used his Twitter handle, Ricky Vaughn, to posted fake ads telling Hillary Clinton supporters they could vote by text.

Douglass Mackey, who went by the name of "Ricky Vaughn" online, was accused of purposely spreading disinformation online in an effort to suppress votes for Hillary Clinton back in the 2016 election.

A jury has found former internet troll Douglass Mackey guilty of violating people’s constitutional right to vote by disseminating memes encouraging Democrats to vote via text in the 2016 election.

Free Speech Douglass Mackey's Vote-by-Text Meme Conviction Reversed, Citing Insufficient Evidence of Conspiracy Eugene Volokh | 7.9.2025 11:50 AM ...

Douglass Mackey, a supporter of former president Donald Trump who used Twitter to disseminate false information to redirect would-be voters of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election ...

Douglass Mackey, a conservative troll who led a social media campaign to fool people into thinking they could vote via text for then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, has been ...

Alt-Right Provocateur Douglass Mackey Speaks to the Sun as First Amendment Case Heads to Second Circuit ‘There were absolutely offensive things that I said,’ Mackey admits, but he isn’t going to ...

Douglass Mackey, who the feds say went by the Twitter name Ricky Vaughan, was allegedly a prominent anonymous anti-Semite, racist and Trump-booster online before the 2016 election. Mackey, 33 ...

Pro-Trump troll Douglass Mackey confronted with his racist, sexist tweets at election interference trial in Brooklyn. “There were over 600 messages coming in per day in the War Room,” he said.

He did his best to stay anonymous, but Luke O’Brien finally tracked him down for HuffPost and he turns out to be… Douglass Mackey. …. The 28-year-old […] ...