Supreme Court Clarifies Rules on Public Officials Blocking Constituents on Social Media

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Supreme Court Clarifies Rules on Public Officials Blocking Constituents on Social Media
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The Supreme Court has clarified when a public official can be sued for blocking a constituent on social media. The court sent two cases back to lower courts for further proceedings.

The Supreme Court has clarified when a public official can be sued for blocking a constituent on social media . The court sent two cases back to lower courts for further proceedings. In the first case, involving a city manager from Port Huron, Michigan, the court laid out a two-pronged test for determining when a public official 's speech on social media can lead to litigation.

According to the new standard, an official is considered a state actor online only if they had 'actual authority to speak' on behalf of the government and 'purported to exercise' that authority on social media. If these conditions are met, social media users can sue public officials for blocking them, subjecting the government employees to First Amendment scrutiny

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