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4th Circuit holds that a Facebook ‘Like’ is protected speech

When Sheriff B.J. Roberts of Hampton Virginia won reelection, he fired a number of employees who had backed his opponent including jailer Daniel Carter. Carter, who had ‘liked’ the opponent’s campaign page on Facebook argued that he had been terminated … Continue reading

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