It found that "[f]or an internet platform like Twitter, Section 230 precludes liability for removing content and preventing content from being posted that the platform finds would cause its users harm, such as misinformation regarding COVID-19." The journalist's First Amendment claim failed because the plaintiff conceded that Twitter is a private company and the free speech clause "only prohibits government abridgement of speech." In contrast, however, Judge Alsup found that Twitter's actions, in particular that the guarantees of senior leadership, "qualify as a clear and unambiguous promise that Twitter would correctly apply its COVID-19 misinformation policy and try to give advance notice if it suspended plaintiff's account." As such, the court permitted the breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims to proceed "for now." The plaintiff is represented by Envisage Law and Chris Lex P.C. Twitter is represented by Cooley LLP.