{"id":1131942,"date":"2023-04-24T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1131942"},"modified":"2023-04-24T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:26:00","slug":"supreme-court-to-decide-if-public-officials-can-block-critics-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1131942","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court To Decide if Public Officials Can Block Critics on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. From a report: The justices took up an appeal by two members of a public school board from the city of Poway in Southern California of a lower court&#8217;s ruling in favor of school parents who sued after being blocked from Facebook pages and a Twitter account maintained by the officials. The justices also took up an appeal by a Michigan man of a lower court&#8217;s ruling against him after he sued a city official in Port Huron who blocked him on Facebook following critical posts made by the plaintiff about the local government&#8217;s COVID-19 response. At issue is whether a public official&#8217;s social media activity can amount to governmental action bound by First Amendment limits on government regulation of speech.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Supreme+Court+To+Decide+if+Public+Officials+Can+Block+Critics+on+Social+Media%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F04%2F24%2F1526226%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/twitter_icon_large-912.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F04%2F24%2F1526226%2Fsupreme-court-to-decide-if-public-officials-can-block-critics-on-social-media%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/facebook_icon_large-456.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/04\/24\/1526226\/supreme-court-to-decide-if-public-officials-can-block-critics-on-social-media?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Slashdot &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/04\/24\/1526226\/supreme-court-to-decide-if-public-officials-can-block-critics-on-social-media?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court To Decide if Public Officials Can Block Critics on Social Media<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. 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