The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Tuesday to explore free speech rights in the digital age in cases from California and Michigan involving whether public officials may legally block others on social media, a function often used on these platforms to stifle critics.
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. Constitution's First Amendment limits on the government's ability to restrict speech.
The second case involves a Michigan man's appeal after a lower court rejected his lawsuit challenging a Port Huron city official who blocked him on Facebook. The California case to be argued on Tuesday involves Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane, elected trustees of the Poway Unified School District. They blocked Christopher and Kimberly Garnier, the parents of three students at district schools, after the couple made hundreds of critical posts on issues including race and school finances.
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