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What is Project Veritas?
This appeared in The Millennial Source
Project Veritas, founded a decade ago by James O’Keefe, has been a major player in the political and culture wars during the presidencies of both Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
In early February, Project Veritas became yet another popular conservative voice to get the boot from Twitter. According to CNN, the platform’s official reason for permanently banning the group was “repeated violations of the platform’s policies prohibiting sharing — or threats of sharing — other people’s private information without consent.”
Project Veritas, founded a decade ago by James O’Keefe, has been a major player in the political and culture wars during the presidencies of both Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The group’s stated goal is exposing the truth within American’s institutions, but its political leaning is unabashedly conservative and it has repeatedly been accused of distorting and misrepresenting facts.
With its recent ban from Twitter, Project Veritas has the social media company and its chief executive officer, Jack Dorsey, in its crosshairs. As an organization that thrives on its viral videos and posts, though, losing its access to major platforms could cause irreparable damage to Project Veritas’s influence.
