Naomi Wolf 1st Amendment Argument Against Twitter Moot: Court
With author Naomi Wolf's Twitter account reinstated by new management at Twitter, Wolf's First Amendment claim for an injunction restoring her account is moot, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco ordered Tuesday (docket…
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3:21-cv-08378). Twitter under owner Elon Musk renounced content moderation of Wolf's posts and she "is currently tweeting with vigor and frequency," Judge James Donato ruled. Though Wolf had argued mootness is barred because she's seeking damages, there's no legal basis for damages against Twitter because the Supreme Court foreclosed an implied cause of action for damages against a private corporation for First Amendment violations, the court said.