Trainer warns: deleting constituent comments can violate First Amendment protections
Reiner summarized a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling finding deleting constituent comments from an official's social-media page can violate the First Amendment; councilors were advised to consult the city attorney before deleting or moderating remarks.
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Reiner reviewed a recent unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a city manager’s social-media page and constituent comments. The presenter cautioned that officials who hold themselves out as public-office accounts cannot remove comments based on viewpoint without legal risk.
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