Risk Management, Social Media, First Amendment

Digital Danger: When Social Media Posts Can Trigger Workplace Investigations

Oppenheimer Investigations Group on 4/29/2025

Employers bear the responsibility of preventing and correcting harassment in the workplace. While the line between on and off duty conduct has never been crystal clear, in today’s hyper-connected world of social media, the...more

Supreme Court Clarifies The Boundaries Of Public Official Liability On Social Media

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 3/21/2024

In its recent opinion in Lindke v. Freed, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed when public officials may be held liable for violating the First Amendment for silencing critics on social media. The Court held that a public...more

Supreme Court Issues Key Decisions on Public Officials’ Use of Social Media and Ability to Block Commenters

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak on 3/15/2024

On March 15, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Lindke v. Freed and a per curiam opinion in O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier addressing when a public official may prevent a person from commenting on the public...more

Do Virtual Sticks and Stones Also Break Bones? Addressing Cyberbullying Under Title IX

Franczek P.C. on 3/3/2020

Cyberbullying is nothing new. A majority of teens have experienced the phenomenon and college campuses certainly are not immune. Just because something is common does not make it simple to deal with, however. And this is...more

Trump's Tweets: A Warning That Public Officials' Personal Social Media Posts Might Actually Be The Government's

Nossaman LLP on 7/29/2019

A recent federal appeals court decision, Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump, concluded that action taken by the President through the use of his personal, not just official White House, Twitter account was considered...more

President Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users, U.S. Appellate Court Rules

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 7/19/2019

The court concluded its opinion with an observation that at this time in history, “wide-open, robust debate” is the best assurance of good government. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last week that public...more

Key Lessons for School Officials and Other Public Employees from Recent Court Decision on Trump’s Twitter Account

Franczek P.C. on 7/17/2019

As technology and social media continue to develop, so do legal questions surrounding their use by public entities and employees. On July 9, 2019, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Knight First Amendment Institute v....more

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