Court: CNN's coverage of Twitter's suspension of Veritas is not defamation

Eleventh Circuit decision in Project Veritas v. CNN involves CNN 's coverage of Twitter 's suspension of Project .

CNN suggested on-air on February 15 that Twitter suspended Veritas 's account for "promoting misinformation" But CNN falsely accused Veritas of violating a completely different policy—spreading misinformation.

The court says Veritas adequately alleged "actual malice," to say "her statements were false".

Project Veritas says CNN knew that the true reason for Veritas 's suspension from Twitter was the posting of private information.

But CNN reported four days later on-air that Veritas had been suspended in relation to a crackdown on the spreading of misinformation.

CNN contends that the article and Cabrera 's tweet are not sufficient evidence of actual malice because they do not demonstrate that Cabrera "doubted her statement".