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2023-04-02 06:09:59 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FDCE1FE4470B33669F34D45F9B6CB883DE6481C8083E9B6C6BBDB117B038287F
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Conservative social media influencer Douglass Mackey was found guilty by a jury of voter suppression via fraudulent "text to vote" memes. Mackey specifically stated via tweet that he wanted to limit "black voting". The maximum sentence he can receive is 10 years. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/right-wing-twitter-troll-convicted-of-interfering-in-2016-election-through-deceptive-vote-by-text-meme/ https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-right-wing-online-personality-convicted-voter-suppression-scheme https://www.wsj.com/articles/far-right-twitter-influencer-found-guilty-of-spreading-misinformation-to-voters-833abb5
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