“The confines of free speech doesn’t give you the right to hide behind a fake profile to defame or do a lot of the things that PRGuy17 has done. It doesn’t stop the consequence of your actions,' said right-wing commentator Avi Yemini.
Justice Debra Mortimer on Tuesday gave the social media giant 14 days to hand the basic subscriber information of @PRGuy17, including the name and email address connected to the account, to Yemini, so he could pursue legal action.character Troy McClure, built a following during the pandemic, often in vociferous defence of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and critical of various conservative political leaders and mainstream news media.
“I think it’s a win for Victorians to finally know who is behind this account which controlled the entire conversation about Daniel Andrews and the Labor government on Twitter,” he said. Yemini has a long history as a fringe provocateur, including calling himself a “Jewish Nazi” in what he later claimed was a joking barb at left-wing intolerance. He has been fundraising off his stoush, urging supporters to tip into a legal fund.
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