Court Sides With RNC In Battle Over Video Texting
A divided federal appellate panel has refused to reinstate a lawsuit alleging that the Republican National Committee violated a robotexting law by sending an unsolicited video file to an Arizona resident’s cell phone.
The 2-1 ruling, issued last week by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, stemmed from a lawsuit brought in June 2023 by Arizona resident Jacob Howard. He alleged in a class-action complaint that in October 2020 the Republican National Committee texted him what appeared to be a prerecorded video message from President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka.
The complaint included a screenshot of the message, which indicated that recipients would have to press the play button in order to hear the ad.
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