Lindke v. Freed
In Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, the Supreme Court determined that public officials who prevent someone from commenting on the official’s social-media page engages in state action only if the official both (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the state’s behalf on that matter, and (2) was exercising that authority when speaking in the posts. Learn the facts of the case and the arguments here.