Supreme Court Won’t Hear 1st Amendment Suit Over Facebook Comments Removal

Mealey's (February 25, 2020, 10:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A man whose comments on a local school board’s social media page were deleted by Facebook Inc. saw his petition for certiorari denied Feb. 24, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider his questions over standing and the delegation of censorship authority in the context of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Brian Davison v. Facebook Inc., et al., No. 19-728, U.S. Sup.)....