Milwaukee Alderman Pérez and Milwaukee County Supervisor have blocked access certain individuals to their Facebook accounts identifying themselves as public officials.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
December 22, 2024
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) has learned that both Milwaukee Alderman Jóse G. Pérez, the Milwaukee Common Council President, and Milwaukee County Supervisor Juan Miguel Martinez have blocked access to certain individuals in regards to their own social media accounts identifying them as public officials in Milwaukee.
Multiple attempts to contact or send information by messenger to both elected public officials on Facebook (FB) by a local Latino media reporter/journalist have failed, according to the social media response.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that public elected officials from local, county, state and federal government cannot block individuals, except for certain actions, according to the ACLU.
The ACLU says, "public officials can block comments that are not protected by the First Amendment, including comments that make a true and immediate threat to another person, incite others to imminently violate the law, or contain obscene language as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court." https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/news/know-your-rights-social-media-blocking-public-officials
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