{"id":22464,"date":"2023-05-31T19:16:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medialaw.org\/?p=22464"},"modified":"2023-06-05T19:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:27:33","slug":"the-supreme-courts-next-target-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medialaw.org\/the-supreme-courts-next-target-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"The Supreme Court\u2019s Next Target: Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"In late April, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases affecting citizens\u2019 ability to sue government officials who block them on social media. When the court tackles O\u2019Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed (likely this fall), it should embrace a rule that enhances, not constrains, the First Amendment right to engage with and criticize officeholders on Twitter and Facebook.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In late April, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases affecting citizens\u2019 ability to sue government officials who block them on social media. When the court tackles O\u2019Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed (likely this fall), it should embrace a rule that enhances, not constrains, the First Amendment right to engage with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"article-topic":[1022,1084],"article-type":[1045],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n