A national organization devoted to free speech is demanding that the Polk County Sheriff’s Office revise its social media policies.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression emailed a letter to the sheriff’s office’s dated Sept. 2 questioning the constitutionality of the agency’s social media policies and its moderation of official pages for that agency and for Polk County Animal Control.
The letter alleges that PCSO is violating the First Amendment rights of followers by limiting comments on its accounts on Facebook, Instagram, X, Nextdoor, YouTube and LinkedIn…