"Federal courts across the country have held that if government officials silence critics, by blocking them or deleting comments on social media, they violate the First Amendment," Durand's counsel, Civil Rights Lawyer Gerry Weber said in a statement.
November 22, 2022 at 01:42 PM
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In 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that interaction on Facebook pages amounted to a “public forum,” finding that government accounts violate the First Amendment when blocking those with differing opinions.
Now in Georgia, Public Service Commission (PSC) candidate Patty Durand has filed a lawsuit and motion for an injunction in the state’s Northern District Court alleging free speech violations by current Commissioner Tim G. Echols.
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