On August 17, 2018, the Court of Appeal for the State of California ordered the lower instance court to issue an alternative writ of mandate in the case of Jared Taylor et al. v. Twitter, Inc. The case originated after Twitter suspended the accounts of two users because they allegedly infringed the Violent Extremists Group Rule. However, the Court held that the users’ claims were precluded under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), which protects providers of interactive computer services by barring courts from treating service providers like Twitter as the publishers or speakers of speech created by others. The proceedings have been stayed until Court’s further order and remain pending for consideration of the petition of writ of mandate.