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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court rules public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social media

A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media, an issue that first arose for the high court in a case involving then-President Donald Trump.
 
FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. The Supreme Court is tackling the question of when public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts. The justices are hearing arguments in two cases Tuesday, Oct. 31, involving lawsuits filed by people who were blocked after leaving critical comments on social media accounts belonging to school board members in southern California and a city manager in Port Huron, Michigan, northeast of Detroit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Supreme Court takes up social media cases similar to one about Donald Trump’s Twitter feed

 

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