A California Superior Court judge ruled that a white nationalist could pursue his challenge of Twitter’s suspension of his account holding that allowing his tweets were in the public interest. Twitter contended that it has a First Amendment right to choose the content on its platform. (WDNT.com, June 15, 2018, by Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press)
The judge also ruled that banning users for any or no reason was an “unconscionable contract” that Jared Taylor could challenge. His lawyer said the ruling was significant for being the first time a court rejected the tenet that a social media company could censor user speech. (Breitbart, June 18, 2018, by Allum Bokhari)
Another California Superior Court ruling, June 6, 2018, held that under the “state action doctrine” Twitter had the First Amendment right to require users to abide by its terms of service and could exercise editorial control over the content on its platform. (Technology & Marketing Law Blog, June 13, 2018, by Eric Goldman)