Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on legal matters regarding elected officials and their constituents’ interaction on social media platforms. To read Part 1, visit http://bit.ly/407ooTw.

Last week, when a man who argued his free speech rights were violated when longtime politician Vernon Jones deleted his Facebook comments and then blocked him from that account won more than $45,000 in a default judgment, it was the seventh such social media case for one constitutional attorney.

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