Should politicians (and public figures) be able to block people on their social media accounts if they disagree with their opinions?

If you mean block a troll thats harrasing them and trolling them directly with bs then ya they should block shitheads

I may have misunderstood and thought you meant they should block the poster from social media entirely tho really for some trolls they really should be and some should be in jail irl really the shit some people post (sorry i cuss a lot nowadays) 😳

If they are using it for official business, then tough noogins. However, they should be allowed to set up a set of rules, allowing them to block out of scope/topic comments. Just as if it would be, if this was an in person public hearing, otherwise, the value of public comments will be lost in the noise.

Not one bit, it is a gross violation of first amendment freedom of speech for a politician to block anyone as they are our employees as government workers.

No. Shouldn't have started using it for official business.

I don't think politicians should be using social media for any kind of official business. Other public figures can do what they want because they're not representing the government.

Not if it is related to their official business. They represent "The people". That means ALL the people not just the ones they like.

Regardless of what the courts say, I say yes, better tell them All to stay off of it

Nah thats a communist thing to do 😄😄

Well - yes. They shouldn’t overdo it, but in order to stop them being overrun by trolls they kinda have to be able to. Maybe instead they should just make blocked numbers public so that people can see just how many people they’re cutting out

It depends, if it's a trolling comment then yeah they should be able to block. However even if that's the case, they probably shouldn't be allowed to. People in charge should always be able to be questioned.

I think only in the case of a direct threat or harassment.

They probably already do just like certain people are black listed from public events.