Facebook Appeals Decision Saying Likes Aren't Protected By Free Speech
Facebook is appealing a ruling made last year over a dispute regarding a Facebook like as free and protected speech. After a Virginia sheriff's office employee liked the Facebook page of his boss' political opponent, resulting in a post on the News Feed, the man lost his job. Daniel Ray Carter, along with five other people fired from the Hampton, Va., sheriff's department, then filed a lawsuit claiming that likes on Facebook are free speech. A judge dismissed Carter's claims in April 2012, but Facebook is keeping the fight alive.
Facebook is appealing a ruling made last year over a dispute regarding a Facebook like as free and protected speech. After a Virginia sheriff’s office employee liked the Facebook page of his boss’ political opponent, resulting in a post on the News Feed, the man lost his job. Daniel Ray Carter, along with five other people fired from the Hampton, Va., sheriff’s department, then filed a lawsuit claiming that likes on Facebook are free speech.
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