DOJ To High Court: Blocking From Personal Social Media Pages Is Not State Action

(July 6, 2023, 2:17 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Filing an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the federal government, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) tells the U.S. Supreme Court that school board members’ blocking of individuals from their personal social media pages did not constitute a state action subject to scrutiny under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because their power to block flowed from account features offered on the platforms, not from the exercise of “any powers of their offices.”...