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ACLU of MS issues warning to public officials: Unblock social media accounts

Andi Davis
By Andi Davis January 6, 2021
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The ACLU of Mississippi has issued a warning to public officials about blocking members of the public from their official social media accounts.  The organization called the practice a violation of the First Amendment.

Governor Tate Reeves, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, Mayor Hal Marx, Congressman Steven Palazzo, and the Jones County Sheriff’s Department are all accused to be in violation.

See letters sent to Governor Reeves, Jones County Sheriff’s Department, Mayor Lumumba, Congressman Palazzo, and Mayor Marx

The ACLU of Mississippi says the First Amendment protects speech on social media about public officials and their policies and practices. No government official can allow positive commentary and silence the critical.

The organization said it received complaints from individuals whose comments – which expressed viewpoints that were critical of several elected officials – were deleted and their accounts subsequently blocked and banned from the official pages.

“This action is equivalent to closing public meetings to disagreeing constituents,” staff attorney Landon Thames said.

According to the ACLU of Mississippi, the interactive sections of government social media pages (comment sections) are designated public forums “created by government designation of a place or channel of communication for use by the public at large for assembly and speech, for use by certain speakers, or for the discussion of certain subjects.” Cornelius v. NAACP, 473 U.S. 788, 802 (1985).

The ACLU of Mississippi sent letters to the five public officials on January 6, 2021, to warn them of their violation and said if they do not stop the practice of blocking members of the public and deleting unfavorable comments, legal action may take place.

The ACLU of Mississippi has also requested that each official confirm they have unblocked or unbanned individuals who have been blocked or banned on their official social media pages.

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