Why? If I were barred from a public forum where a governor was speaking, would it be ridiculous to object? Or from commenting or contributing to a petition? Blocked people cannot comment on tweets or pages, nor reply to others doing so. The action restricts freedom of expression.
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We think it's ok to say that public officials can't use private accounts for public work, and make their "private correspondence" related to work subject to FOIA. Maybe there's no such thing as a public official's "private Twitter account" if they talk public business there?
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Yep. If an official using a private messaging platform for public business, the records are relevant.https://sunlightfoundation.com/2016/07/08/federal-court-ruling-extends-foias-reach-to-private-messaging-systems/ …
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Right. It's not completely applicable here (Twitter blocking doesn't make anything opaque in the usual sense; incognito is easier than FOIA), but there's some overlapping concerns.
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