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PUBLIC OFFICIALS ALLOWED TO CENSOR COMMENTS ON THEIR OWN SOCIAL-MEDIA PAGES
The Court has interpreted the “freedom of speech” protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution to guarantee the public’s access to “public forums,” where speeches and other expressions of opinion can be freely given, without political censorship by the government. Under that “public forum” doctrine, several interactive social-media pages maintained… Continue reading
