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August 9, 2017

ACLU Sues Maine Governor for Deleting Critical Comments from His Facebook Page
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Maine
Governor Paul Le Page over his practice of deleting comments and
blocking people from his official Facebook page in order to censor
dissent. The ACLU says, "Free speech must be protected from government
censorship on Facebook just as is it in any other public forum."


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