Social Media as the New Public Square? Borough Declared in Violation of the First Amendment for Deleting Resident’s Comment on its Public Facebook Page by Richard Jones and Michael G. Crotty
The state of the First Amendment public forum in America has changed drastically in the last few decades with the rise of social media. Even today, social media continues to be a new frontier in human social interactions. Its recent effect on interactions with one’s local community and government are of particular interest. For example,…