Voting tech developer accuses Fox News of disinformation in favor of Trump

A technology company for US election voting has issued legal notices to Fox News and two other right-wing media companies for their alleged involvement in a "disinformation campaign" aimed at harming it. Writes about it CNN.

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Smartmatic said Fox News, One America News and Newsmax contributed to the spread of false and defamatory statements that are not supported by real evidence and can easily be refuted by basic research.

“They have no evidence to support the validity of their attack on Smartmatic, because no such evidence exists,” said Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mudzica. “This campaign was designed to discredit Smartmatic and undermine a legitimate election.”

As President Donald Trump continues to criticize the integrity of the voting system, some of his allies have focused on Smartmatic due to the services the company has provided to Los Angeles County for the 2020 elections.

The groundless conspiracy theories circulating about Smartmatic falsely suggest that the company's technology allowed the November vote to be targeted against Trump. Some conspiracy theories aim to link the company to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and billionaire philanthropist George Soros.

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In its official notice to Fox News, Smartmatic has identified several cases where similar theories were circulated on its air by either Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani or former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell. The official notice said the allegations made about Chavez and Soros were untrue, and pointed out cases where Trump-backed propagandists had contributed to the spread of false information.

“Fox News began a disinformation campaign against Smartmatic shortly after the close of the election and continues today,” the legal notice said. “Over the course of the campaign, Fox News published and re-published dozens of false and misleading statements regarding Smartmatic.”

The official notice said Fox News had "no evidence or credible source to support" false claims made on its airwaves, and states that the network "would easily detect the falsehood of claims made against Smartmatic with at least minimal investigation." ...

“Smartmatic demands a full retraction of all false and defamatory statements and reports published by Fox News,” the legal notice said. “This retraction must be made with the same intensity and level of coverage that you used to defame the company.”

Smartmatic also said it reserves the legal right to bring defamation claims against Fox News, One America News and Newsmax.

“This campaign is an attack on election systems and election officials to undermine confidence in future elections and potentially undermine the will of voters not only here, but in democracies around the world,” Mudjica said.

A Fox News spokesman did not respond to numerous requests for comment. The same was done by a spokesman for One America News, a small right-wing channel to which Smartmatic also sent legal notice.

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Newsmax said in a statement that the company "has never reported wrongdoing with Smartmatic, its property or software."

“Individuals, including plaintiff attorneys, congressmen and others, appeared on Newsmax asking questions about the company and its voting software, citing legal documents or previously published reports about Smartmatic,” Newsmax said in a statement. “Like any major media outlet, we provide a forum for public comment.” We have in the past welcomed Smartmatic and its representatives' efforts to disprove statements they believe to be inaccurate and will continue to do so."

Smartmatic is not the only election technology company that has been forced to take a strong stand against unfounded conspiracy theories directed at it. In November, election security company Scytl spoke out against conspiracy theories being spread by right-wing media and a Republican congressman.

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