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Mark R. Weaver
@MarkRWeaver
Author of "A Wordsmith's Work." Also media law attorney, crisis communications adviser, adjunct professor, prosecutor. With God all things are possible.
Sep 9, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Several months ago, I opined on what I thought was an obvious point of law: since government can't violate a citizen's First Amendment rights, it also can't do it via a private sector agent. Today, a federal appeals court said just that:



#1Astorage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… BTW, if you think SCOTUS will overturn this, you either don't follow their recent jurisprudence or you're too drunk to drive. 😂
Mar 23, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: 1/ A reminder to colleagues in government #SocialMedia (via #GSMCON and other groups): the First Amendment still applies in a pandemic crisis. This means that you cannot delete/block/hide a comment on your agency FB page just because you believe it to be misinformation. 2/ This is true even if you posted a policy saying you can. BETTER APPROACH: Provide the correct information (with links to authoritative sources) in the same comment stream. Ask credible third parties to do the same.