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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not on twitter but wasn’t it common to block someone on Twitter if they were being obnoxious, disruptive or bullying? Seems likely that’s what happened here.  I get a public entity is different than a private one but they should still be able to block users who are disruptive or harassing.  [/quote]

Yes, and yes. And was this even an official MCPS Twitter account?[/quote]

Yes, it was an official MCPS Twitter account, labeled as such and run by staffers.[/quote]
If it is an official government account I don’t think it can block people. There was litigation about this re Twitter during the first Trump administration and also Larry Hogan was blocking people on his facebook page.[/quote]

The basis of the Hogan lawsuit, though, was that he was an elected official and blocking access violated the rights of constituents to access him and his office. In this case, though, teachers are not elected officials and don't have constituents in the same way.

I dunno. I think MCPS tried to protect its staff from a known hate-monger, and then decided to throw money at her to settle, but fundamentally I walk away from this thinking MCPS was in the right. [/quote]

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