Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference Stemming from Voter Disinformation Campaign

Defendant Unlawfully Used Social Media to Deprive Individuals of Their Right to Vote

In 2016, Mackey established an audience on Twitter with approximately 58,000 followers. A February 2016 analysis by the MIT Media Lab ranked Mackey as the 107th most important influencer of the then-upcoming Election, ranking it above outlets and individuals, among others, such as NBC News (#114), Stephen Colbert (#119) and Newt Gingrich (#141).

As alleged in the complaint, between September 2016 and November 2016, in the lead up to the November 8, 2016, United States Presidential Election, Mackey conspired with others to use social media platforms, including Twitter, to disseminate fraudulent messages designed to encourage supporters of one of the presidential candidates (the “Candidate”) to “vote” via text message or social media and thus to fail to cast their ballots in a legally valid manner.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-charged-election-interference-stemming-voter-disinformation

CP Round up 01/27/2021

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/converse-man-indicted-production-child-pornography

Real is charged with 10 counts of production of child pornography, 10 counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The indictment alleges that between March 2019 and April 2020, the defendant coerced at least 10 minor victims into engaging in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of such conduct. The indictment further alleges that the defendant received child pornography electronicall

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/nixa-school-official-charged-producing-child-pornography

Nixa School Official Charged with Producing Child Pornography

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An assistant principal at Nixa Junior High School in Nixa, Missouri, was charged in federal court today with the sexual exploitation of a child for the purpose of producing child pornography.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/ohio-county-man-faces-child-pornography-charge

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/connecticut-mother-three-sentenced-14-years-traveling-pennsylvania-attempt-have-sex

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-cheektowaga-man-charges-receiving-and-possessing-child

A preliminary examination of the cellphone recovered three videos of child pornography.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/miamisburg-man-pleads-guilty-coercing-minors-online

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/cincinnati-man-sentenced-20-years-prison-sexually-exploiting-toddler

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/man-charged-trafficking-14-year-old-out-dallas

According to the criminal complaint, Mr. Acy allegedly trafficked at least two women, including a 14-year-old girl, out of a hotel off LBJ Freeway in Dallas.