YouTuber Owes Legal Fees in 'Frivolous' Deplatforming Suit
YouTuber Marshall Daniels owes YouTube parent company Alphabet $38,576 in legal fees for his "frivolous" litigation against the streaming service, ruled U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi for the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California last week (docket…
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5:20-cv-04687). Daniels sued YouTube in 2020, claiming videos on the pandemic and George Floyd were taken down at the behest of members of Congress. After his complaint and an amended complaint were dismissed, Alphabet sought legal fees. Daniels "articulated no plausible legal theory -- novel or otherwise -- for holding private entities liable as government actors in the circumstances presented," DeMarchi said . Alphabet is entitled to an award of attorneys' fees since the claim "clearly lacked merit and was frivolous from the outset," the judge said.