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After heated debate, Villa Park trustees adopt elected-officials social media policy
Summary
Following extended debate about free-speech limits, the Villa Park Board of Trustees adopted an elected-officials social media policy Sept. 8; an earlier attempt to amend the policy to exclude one provision failed.
The Villa Park Board of Trustees adopted a social media policy for elected officials during its Sept. 8 special meeting after sustained discussion about whether parts of the draft would chill First Amendment rights.
Trustee O'Fano opened discussion and said he was prepared to pass the draft; Trustee Cordova objected to language he characterised as vague or potentially chilling, including references to “inflammatory content,” limits on use of names without prior approval and a requirement to correct “false,…
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