The Supreme Court grappled with the intersection between the internet and the First Amendment Tuesday as justices considered when government officials can block followers on social media.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is tackling the question of when public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump.
The cases are the first of several the justices will hear this term that test how the First Amendment's free speech protections apply in the age of social media.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a pair of important cases that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their personal social media pages.
The Supreme Court is conducting a wide-ranging review of social media this term, beginning with whether public officials can block their constituents online.
The Supreme Court grappled with the intersection between the internet and the First Amendment Tuesday as justices considered when government officials can block followers on social media.
The US Supreme Court debated whether public officials can be sued for restricting access to their social media feeds in cases that evoked former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block people from his Twitter account.
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 behalf of the government and therefore can be held liable for violating the First Amendment. As Justice Neil Gorsuch put it, the justices had
Two cases before the Supreme Court on Tuesday arose after public officials blocked constituents on their social media accounts, testing the First Amendment in a digital age.
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.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former Pre
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with the free speech rights of public officials versus the rights of their constituents on social media and whether it’s lawful for them to be blocked from viewing posts.
The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump.
