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Council directs staff to draft social‑media policy based on a limited public‑forum approach
Summary
City attorney and staff briefed council on First Amendment limits for municipal social media; council directed staff to draft a social‑media policy using a limited public‑forum framework that would allow topic‑limited comments and set rules for viewpoint‑neutral moderation.
City staff and the city attorney presented legal parameters and options for city social‑media use and for allowing public comments on city accounts, and the council gave staff direction to draft a social‑media policy that would treat city comment sections as a limited public forum, with topic‑based, viewpoint‑neutral restrictions.
City Attorney Ty (Tay) Mazodi outlined the First Amendment framework courts use to assess government restrictions on speech and described four forum types: traditional, designated, limited and nonpublic. He emphasized that viewpoint‑based restrictions are always unconstitutional in public forums and explained that a limited…
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