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Friday, September 20, 2013

Federal Court Rules That Facebook 'Likes' Are Protected By The US Constitution

A guy who got canned for "liking" the wrong sheriff's candidate on Facebook won a victory Wednesday when an appeals court said his "like" is constitutionally protected speech.
The ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (posted online by the Wall Street Journal) revives a lawsuit filed by fired Hampton, Va., sheriff's deputy Danny Carter. A judge threw out his case after finding that "one click of a button" did not qualify as speech protected by the First Amendment, Bloomberg reported at the time.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Which means absolutely nothing to a potential employer.

Anonymous said...

Yes, but all your phone calls, tweets, and emails are not.

Got that? Same news, same day.

I really don't get this!

Anonymous said...

His speech might be protected, But he made the wrong choice.