“Defendants failed to demonstrate Veritas is a ‘classic libel-proof plaintiff’, whose reputation is so bad it simply cannot be defamed,” the ruling stated. “That other media sources have criticized Veritas, or that Veritas may have suffered blows to its reputation, without more, fails to meet the standard.”
What is Project Veritas?
Project Veritas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. They are known as undercover investigators using guerrilla reporting. The group focus’ mostly on politicians or private institutions perceived as corrupt. The organization is led by founder and President James O’Keefe, III.
Last week, Project Veritas came out with another undercover report. This time they were secretly recording Facebook executives saying the tech giant is “too powerful.” Soon after, Twitter permanently banned the video journalism company without explanation.
