To the Editor:
To District Attorney David Eyster:
The District Attorney's public information posts must be available to all, whether it be on the official county website or on Facebook, the site of choice. Your call. But you cannot block access to the site at your discretion.
Please read the attached information, and act accordingly. This is the second letter that has been sent regarding this issue, with no response from your office.
It seems unwise to continue to flaunt public access guidelines and risk potential costly challenges to taxpayers of defending a District Attorney practice that is clearly outside the limits.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/committees/civil-rights/practice/2019/blocking-social/?fbclid=IwAR2tqjfU9q2zHRNkXwmu9GzwCgxT32YoEiXwtzxuZi0hiQEB_Q7V0CDuOzI
https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/social-media-for-public-officials-101
"If a public official uses their account to carry out their role as an elected official, then their page or account is subject to the First Amendment. That means they cannot engage in most forms of censorship such as blocking someone or deleting someone's comments just because of their subject or opinion. It is also generally unacceptable for the official to ask the platform to delete comments for them."
-Mike Geniella, Ukiah
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