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Two Down, 12 to Go, and Two More Decision Days This Week - SCOTUS Today

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The Supreme Court started yesterday with 14 decisions yet to deliver and only reduced the number by two—neither of them the Trump immunity case nor the Loper case concerning the future of the agency deference doctrine of...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Supreme Court Addresses Social Media Usage by a Public Official

Lindke v. Freed, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 1214 (2024) (A public official who blocks someone from commenting on the official’s social-media page engages in state action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 only if the official both 1) possessed...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

You can’t let opinions bother you

I have been blocked by 3 of the sitting 7 members of my local board of education on social media because it’s my opinion that they’re doing a bad job. Imagine that, a publicly elected official with such fragile egos, can’t...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Supreme Court Issues First in a Series of Social Media Cases Affecting the Public Sector

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On March 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a much-awaited decision on two cases that now create guardrails on when government officials can and cannot block private citizens from social media accounts....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

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

There are about 20 million state and local government employees across the United States. Many of them use social media for personal reasons or for official communications. ...more

Rumberger | Kirk

SCOTUS Clarifies Scope of Social Media Liability for Public Officials

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On March 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decisions in Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, two similar cases which broadly asked when public officials may be liable for their use of...more

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The Supreme Court Addresses When Public Officials Can Block Social Media Followers

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On March 15, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in Lindke v. Freed and Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliff, two cases which involved when public officials can block social media followers and delete their...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

SCOTUS Faces Social Media Dilemma: Can Public Officials Block Constituents?

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The United States Supreme Court will soon decide whether public officials may be liable for blocking constituents on social media. On October 31, 2023, the Court heard oral argument in O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Commonwealth Court Establishes New Test to Determine if Social Media Posts Are Subject to a Rtkl Request

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Penncrest School District. v. Cagle, 293 A.3d 783 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2023). The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania establishes a three-part test that must be used to determine if an individual’s social media post is a record of an...more

McGuireWoods LLP

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether School Board Members May Block Parents on Social Media

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As social media and K-12 education issues continue to evolve, on April 24, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case concerning an interesting, yet important issue: Under the First Amendment, when can elected...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - April 24, 2023

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases: Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, Nos. 22-611, 22-324: Both cases involve whether and to what extent public officials’ activity...more

Allen Matkins

Is The California Secretary of State Monitoring What You Publish Online?

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In 2018, the California legislature established a "ministry of truth" within the California Secretary of State's office - the Office of Elections Cybersecurity.  By statute, the OEC has a duty “to monitor and counteract false...more

Saiber LLC

The Supreme Court Gets a Second Shot at an Important First Amendment and Social Media Issue

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The May 10, 2021 post The Donald Trump Twitter Case: Vacated and Dismissed as Moot by the Supreme Court reported how the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia University v. Trump, in which the...more

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The Donald Trump Twitter Case: Vacated and Dismissed as Moot by the Supreme Court

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The June 14, 2018 post “The President May Not Block Twitter Followers Because They Disagree With Him Politically” reported how the District Court in Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia University v. Trump, 302 F.Supp.3d...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

If I Wanted Your Opinion, I’d Give It To You

One developing area of Florida law is whether a public official can be held liable for defamation for statements written by an official on Facebook, Instagram, other social media sites, or a blog. This developing area is...more

Nossaman LLP

Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 23

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

AB 992: Open Meeting Laws and Social Media

New California Law Addresses Prohibition on Serial Meetings on Social Media - California public officials could run afoul of the Brown Act if they communicate with legislative members of the same body on social media...more

Jackson Walker

The Gray Area of Social Media: When Politics and Democracy Collide

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Widely considered a star of social media, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backed down from a Twitter fight in the form of a lawsuit filed by one of her Twitter followers. The suit, filed by former New York assemblyman Dov Hikind,...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

President’s Twitter Use a Cautionary Tale for Public Officials

The First Amendment continues to evolve to ensure speakers remain protected. This was recently substantiated by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University,...more

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Trump's Tweets: A Warning That Public Officials' Personal Social Media Posts Might Actually Be The Government's

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A recent federal appeals court decision, Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump, concluded that action taken by the President through the use of his personal, not just official White House, Twitter account was considered...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The “Commander-in-Tweet” Returns: When a Social Media Account Creates a Public Forum, Critics Get to Stay

Two years ago, we wrote about a possible First Amendment challenge involving Donald Trump’s practice of blocking certain Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account. ...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

President Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users, U.S. Appellate Court Rules

The court concluded its opinion with an observation that at this time in history, “wide-open, robust debate” is the best assurance of good government. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last week that public...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Second Circuit Affirms That President Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter

In a closely watched case, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 8, 2019 that President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking disfavored users on his @RealDonaldTrump Twitter account. This important...more

Hogan Lovells

Practical Pointers: Social Media Guidelines for Public Officials (and the People who Advise Them)

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Social media has transformed the ways legislators and their staff interact with constituents. Through social media platforms, our elected officials share insights into the legislative process, communicate with constituents,...more

Franczek P.C.

Key Lessons for School Officials and Other Public Employees from Recent Court Decision on Trump’s Twitter Account

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As technology and social media continue to develop, so do legal questions surrounding their use by public entities and employees. On July 9, 2019, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Knight First Amendment Institute v....more

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