TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 23, 2022

A Middle Tennessee State University professor is suing state Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby, after Faison blocked him on Facebook, WPLN reports. MTSU adjunct professor Dean Fox argues that being denied access from an elected official’s account violates his First Amendment right to speak freely in a public forum. Fox and Faison earlier this month exchanged words on the social media platform, resulting in the lawmaker deleting comments he had written to Fox and blocking the professor from his page. His attorneys are asking that Faison unblock Fox and stop him from deleting Fox's comments.