A federal appeals court has overturned the criminal conviction of far-right Twitter troll Douglass Mackey, who posted fake ...

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

A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a right-wing influencer’s conviction for spreading misinformation online about ...

Douglass Mackey’s posts in 2016 falsely advertised text voting for Hillary Clinton. Appeals court judges said prosecutors had ...

A social media influencer who was sentenced to seven months behind bars two years ago for posting anti-Hillary Clinton memes ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday unanimously overturned the 2023 conviction for pro-Trump influencer Douglass Mackey, who ...

The account was at the center of Mackey's case as it was the account through which he posted a meme jokingly encouraging ...

Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer who was sentenced to prison for posting an anti-Hillary Clinton meme, had his ...

Mackey’s conviction stemmed from memes he posted urging Clinton supporters to ‘vote by text’ in 2016.

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.

Douglass Mackey used this image of Charlie Sheen as his Twitter avatar when he posted the memes that eventually led to his arrest and conviction. Twitter.com. CAROLINE McCAUGHEY Published: Mar. 18, ...