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Twitter ban

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court in California dismissed independent journalist Alex Berenson’s First Amendment claims against Twitter, which banned him from the social media platform after he violated its five-strike Covid-10 misinformation policy. Berenson’s breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims survive “for now," the court ruled.

/ April 29, 2022

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