Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2011
Abstract
Between the extremes of no interactivity and complete interactivity, it is difficult to predict whether courts will label a government sponsored social media site a public forum or not. But it is precisely "in between" where government actors are likely to wish to engage citizens and where citizens are most likely to benefit from government social media initiatives. The goal of this article, therefore, is to provide guidance to lawyers trying to navigate the morass that is the U.S. Supreme Court's public forum jurisprudence in order to advise government actors wishing to establish social media forums.
Recommended Citation
Lyrissa Lidsky,
Government Sponsored Social Media and Public Forum Doctrine under the First Amendment: Perils and Pitfalls, 19 Public Lawyer 2
(2011).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/facpubs/799