This lawsuit in Kentucky is largely about Corey DeAngelis being himself, but it does flag something that I haven't seen enough attention to, despite it being in (among other things) MASC's model policy for districts: turn off comments on district Facebook posts!
Public school districts are state entities, and as such they have the same responsibility not to limit public speech any other government entity does. Unlike, say, public comment at a public meeting, a district Facebook page lacks even the oversight (legally) provided by a chair. Deleting comments and blocking people certainly would appear (by even SCOTUS decisions recently made) to be violating the First Amendment (and, in Massachusetts, the even stronger Declaration of Rights). And even barring swearing violates recent Massachusetts public speech decisions.
And yet, districts (I assume) don't wish to provide a platform for people to defame others and so forth.
The only way to do that is to turn off comments. It's wild to me that so few have.
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Do I need to remind you that I am not a lawyer? I am not a lawyer. You should talk to those who are, though, because that is where this post comes from.
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