U.S. Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 18, 2024
Supreme Court sets new rule for social media blocking cases
The justices heard a case involving two school board members who blocked parents who criticized them on Facebook and Twitter.
In an appeal from a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision against two California school board members who blocked critics from their social media accounts, the U.S. Supreme Court has established a new rule for how to evaluate such cases.
The pair of Supreme Court decisions, in related cases, held that government officials – two school board members with the Poway Unified School District northeast of San Diego, and a Port Huron, Mich...