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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a pair of cases from California and Michigan involving public officials blocking critics on social media, with the justices struggling to define when such conduct runs into constitutional limits on the government's ability to restrict speech. Lower courts reached different conclusions in the two cases, reflecting the…

Lower courts reached different conclusions in the two cases, reflecting the legal uncertainty over whether such social media activity is bound by the U.S. Constitutions First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech. Blocking users is a function often employed on social media to stifle critics.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue

His soft-pedaling approach to China stands in stark contrast to his drumbeat of harsh rhetoric directed at Republicans.

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Trump Twitter account case comes up as Supreme Court debates whether or not elected officials can block people on Twitter or Facebook

Trump Twitter account case comes up as Supreme Court debates whether or not elected officials can block people on Twitter or Facebook

CalMatters Commentary - California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s quest to become an important national political figure took him to Israel and China last week, but it was a trip tinged with

The cases are part of a term-long focus on the relationship between government and the private digital platforms.

Justices weighing whether public officials can block people from social media, must decide if they'll hear First Amendment case over horn-honking as speech