Should Publicly Funded Entities Be Allowed To Block Watchdog Groups On Twitter?
In our earlier post on “tweetblocking being the new junkpunch on Twitter” we introduced you to a watchdog handle, @FixWMATA, that was blocked by the publicly funded entity it was watchdogging: the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
And we’re wondering if publicly funded entities should be allowed to block watchdog groups – or anybody for that matter – on Twitter.
And we’re not the only ones asking.
According to the Maryland Gazette, the @WMATA blocked @FIXwmata (real name, Chris Barnes) after he “got a little snarky” on Twitter.
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