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

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

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, 36, posted satirical memes of a fake ad in 2016 falsely indicating voters could stay home and simply text ...

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

On November 1 and 2, 2016, Defendant-Appellant Douglass Mackey … posted or reposted three "memes" on Twitter falsely suggesting that supporters of then-candidate Hillary Clinton could vote in ...

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has overturned the criminal conviction of pro-Trump-right Twitter troll Douglass Mackey, who posted fake ads telling Hillary Clinton supporters they could vote ...

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a social media influencer who used Twitter posts that ...

A federal appeals court has overturned a self-styled right-wing propagandist’s conviction for spreading falsehoods on social ...

While Douglass Mackey tweeted memes to encourage Hillary Clinton supporters to vote by text, the government failed to prove he did it as part of a conspiracy, an appeals court said.