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 ...

ACLU Statement on Supreme Court's Decision Related to Whether ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Friday clarified when public officials' social media posts are subject to the First Amendment in response ...

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.

Supreme Court sets rules on when public officials can block social ...

"A 9-0 decision is very decisive and is a clear indicator that public officials cannot hide behind personal social media accounts when ...

Supreme Court rules that public officials can block social ... - CNN

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials may block people on social media in certain limited circumstances in response to two ...

SCOTUS says public officials have the right to block on social media

The Supreme Court ruled that public officials may block people on social media in certain circumstances ... courts, where judges will have ...

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 Rules Public Officials Cannot Block Certain Critical ...

The Court examined the use of public and private social media platforms by public officials and clarified the circumstances under which, even ...

Lindke v. Freed: Supreme Court Clarifies Elected Official's Ability to ...

In Lindke v. Freed, the US Supreme Court decided whether public officials could block or delete other users' comments on their social media pages.

The Supreme Court and social media: Can government officials ...

When can government officials decline to publish or block public comments made on their social media accounts? The Supreme Court recently ...

News Flash • SCOTUS Clarifies When Public Officials Can Bloc

Garnier the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that two school board members violated the First Amendment when they blocked two ...

Supreme Court Clarifies the Boundaries of Public Official Liability on ...

The Court held that a public official violates the First Amendment for blocking a citizen from commenting when the official possessed actual ...

Lindke v. Freed and Government Officials' Use of Social Media

was whether the public officials had acted in an official or private capacity when they blocked citizens. The Supreme Court has said a ...

Supreme Court tosses rulings on public officials' social media ...

The Supreme Court clarified when public officials can block critical constituents from their personal profiles without violating their constitutional ...

Supreme Court lays out new test for determining when public ...

The Supreme Court outlined in a unanimous opinion a new test for when a public official can be sued for blocking users on social media.

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Rules for Public Officials' Personal ...

Public officials may now “block” commenters on their purely personal social media accounts, under a new ruling from the United States Supreme Court.

Public officials can be held liable for blocking critics on social media

Garnier, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that two school board members violated the First Amendment when they blocked two ...

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 Clarifies Test for Whether Blocking ... - Lozano Smith

4th 1158, in which the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that blocking members of the public from social media pages created by public ...

U.S. Supreme Court Sets New Standards for Public Officials' Use of ...

Second, the official must have purported to exercise that authority while posting on social media. Here's a look at the background of the case ...