Supreme Court Rules Public Officials Cannot Block Certain Critical ...

Social Media Blocking Can Get Officials Sued, Supreme Court Says

The US Supreme Court said public officials can sometimes be sued for restricting access to their private social media feeds, ruling in two ...

US Supreme Court weighs if public officials can block critics on ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a pair of cases from California and Michigan involving public officials blocking critics on ...

At the Supreme Court, 'First Amendment interests all over the place'

At issue were cases that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their "personal" social medial pages, a practice that ...

When Blocking Social Media Critics, School Officials Have ...

The court said public officials' own pages may be "state action," but only when they are exercising government authority.

Supreme Court clarifies when public officials can block citizens on ...

“Unfortunately, some on social media have used the platforms to harass and intimidate public officials. Under the new test laid out by the ...

Social Media Blocking - | Knight First Amendment Institute

Press Statement · Knight Institute Comments on Supreme Court Argument in Social Media Blocking Cases. Says Court should make clear that public officials who ...

Supreme Court Clarifies When Government Officials' Social Media ...

Finally, the Supreme Court noted that whether deleting a comment or blocking a commenter counts as state action may depend on how a specific ...

Supreme Court Considers Whether Public Officials Can Block Critics ...

In both cases the key question the court weighed was whether a public official is engaged in “state action” when blocking someone from their ...

Justices weigh rules for when public officials can block critics on ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled to define precisely when public officials who block their critics on their personal social media accounts are acting on ...

23-411 Murthy v. Missouri (06/26/2024) - Supreme Court

Not surprisingly these efforts bore fruit. Facebook adopted new rules ... As we said there, “a government official cannot do indirectly ... *. *. *.

Supreme Court clarifies when public officials can block critics from ...

The Court held that the First Amendment prohibits a public official who uses their personal social media account for government purposes from blocking or ...

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Officials Can Block Critics on ...

The justices agreed to hear a pair of cases on what the First Amendment has to say about social media accounts maintained by elected officials.

Supreme Court takes on cases involving public officials blocking ...

The cases explore whether two school board members in California and a city manager in Michigan violated the First Amendment by blocking constituents from ...

Can Public Officials Block Critics On Their Social Media Pages?

President Trump blocked some of his critics on his Twitter handle, @realDonaldTrump, prompting a lawsuit arguing that such action violated their First Amendment ...

Institute for Free Speech - Supreme Court of the United States

give cover to public officials who speak to ... speech—is to stop the government ... cannot request removal of speech generally critical of.

Supreme Court clarifies when public officials can block citizens on ...

The Supreme Court unanimously found in a pair of cases that whether a government official can block a constituent on their personal social media ...

Government use of social media | The First Amendment Encyclopedia

“Supreme Court Says Officials Who Block Critics on Social Media Might Be Violating the First Amendment” by Jacob Sullum, Reason, March 19, 2024.

Supreme Court Defines When Public Officials Can Block Social ...

A unanimous Supreme Court has established a test for determining when a public official's use of social media accounts constitutes state action.

What to Do if You're Censored by Politicians on Social Media - NYCLU

In fact, the Supreme Court recently called these sites, “the modern public ... They cannot block critical voices from asking for government ...

Elected officials cannot silence critics on social media, appeals court ...

The Richmond-based appeals court disagreed. Public officials cannot block critical comments on digital platforms used to conduct official ...