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Lindke v Freed
601 U.S. 187 (2024)
Key Principle
A public official who blocks a person from, or deletes comments on, the official's social-media page engages in state action under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 only if the official (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State's behalf on the relevant matter, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when making the posts in question.
Area of Law
constitutional
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