Twitter Beats Censorship Lawsuit by Banned White Nationalist

  • Jared Taylor claimed platform’s free-speech pledge is a fraud
  • Court says online publishers can decide what to post, delete
Photographer: Alex FLynn/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Twitter Inc. won a battle in the culture wars with a court ruling that upheld its decision to delete the accounts of a self-proclaimed “white advocate.”

The social media giant has faced mounting criticismBloomberg Terminal from conservatives, including President Donald Trump, that it’s biased against them. But in its skirmish with banished-user Jared Taylor, a California state appeals court said a lower-court judge had erred in not dismissing the case.