Kennedy Jr. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBERT F. KENNEDY, et al., Case No. 3:24-cv-02869-WHO

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

META PLATFORMS, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 29, 40 Defendants.

12 Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a political action committee supporting his campaign called American Values 2024 (“AV24”), and individual Jessica Reed Kraus (collectively, the “plaintiffs”) filed this action against Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook Operations, LLC, Instagram, LCC, and Mark Zuckerberg (collectively, the “defendants”), alleging violations of their rights under the First Amendment, the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”), and the Ku Klux Klan Act. In brief, the plaintiffs allege that the defendants have conspired with the federal government to remove and block from the defendants’ social media platforms the content and users that express support for Kennedy’s campaign. The plaintiffs move for a preliminary injunction, requesting…