The U.S. Supreme Court spent three hours Tuesday debating a question that could affect the social media activities of millions of government employees: Under what circumstances can they “block” people on their personal accounts?

The justices struggled to come up with a test to determine when a public official’s use of their personal social media accounts becomes “state action” such that blocking members of the public raises First Amendment free speech concerns.

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