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Supreme Court Says Officials Who Block Critics on Social Media Might Be Violating the First Amendment

The justices established guidelines for determining whether that is true in any particular case.

Supreme Court issues first of many expected decisions on social media

Supreme Court issues first of many expected decisions on social media

The court laid down guidelines for the lower courts to use in assessing the facts in similar cases.

S. Ct. Announces Test for When a Government Official's Social Media Posts Are "State Action"

This bears on when the official's comment deletion or blocking decisions may violate the First Amendment.

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School board members could soon be blocked from blocking people − and deleting their comments − on social media

If a school board member has a social media account, would it be wrong for them to block someone and delete their comments? That’s a question the Supreme Court has decided to take up after public officials, including two school board members, blocked constituents from seeing their accounts or removed…

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These Public Officials Blocked Critics on Social Media. Was That Constitutional?

The Supreme Court considers whether and when banishing irksome constituents violates the First Amendment.

Can public officials block you on social media? It's up to the Supreme Court

The cases — from Michigan and California — echo issues raised in a now-defunct suit against then-President Donald Trump for blocking his critics on Twitter.

The Supreme Court takes up social media cases similar to one about Donald Trump's Twitter feed

The Supreme Court is tackling the question of when public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts

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Supreme Court To Consider Whether Politicians Can Block You on Social Media

Supreme Court To Consider Whether Politicians Can Block You on Social Media

Plus: Missouri attempts to ban gender transition treatments for adults, another bad social media bill hits Congress, and more...

Supreme Court takes social media cases with echoes of Trump

Supreme Court takes social media cases with echoes of Trump

The Supreme Court will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts

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US court mulls free speech and if officials can block critics on social media

US court mulls free speech and if officials can block critics on social media

The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider if the first amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on social media.

When Is Government Official's Blocking Commenter from Social Media Page "State Action"?

The Sixth Circuit disagrees with the Second Circuit in the @RealDonaldTrump case (but maybe not by much).

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