The US Supreme Court will hear a recurring dispute about whether government officials can block people from their personal Facebook and Twitter accounts over entries related to their work.
The two cases accepted Monday are from California and Michigan, and come with the court set to rule in another set of high-profile social media cases.
O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier involves two elected California school board members who blocked a student’s parents, saying they “spammed” their posts and tweets with repetitive replies and comments. Similarly, Lindke v. Freed involves a city manager in eastern Michigan who blocked a resident critical of the ...
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