That's the headline for this Reuters article about a new DOJ policy. From the article:
The directive, which was emailed to U.S. Attorneys' offices late on Monday, appears to prohibit the types of social media posts that Trump's political appointees routinely make on their official government accounts.
The change was made by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who has become frustrated by some of the rhetoric being posted by political appointees, according to one person familiar with the matter.
A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment.
While the department has always placed restrictions on social media use by employees, such as prohibiting them from discussing non-public investigations or making politically-charged statements that could damage the department's impartiality, the new policy is much broader.
It restricts employees from including their department titles on any social media activity or reposting official government information such as press releases.
Here's the directive in the U.S. Attorney's manual.
But don't worry DOJ lawyers and prosecutors -- I will never rat you out for commenting on the blog or tipping me off to news. Please keep sending me tips and comments!
8 comments:
And fascism slips right through the front door. What's the First Amendment done for you lately, anyway, Janet?
Wonder why the USAO hasn't mentioned this to its employees yet??? So curious.
Interesting that the article makes it seem this was done as a response to Trump acolytes' unsettling posts of late. Something tells me this won't be interpreted to apply to MAGA cheering.
David -- magistrate judge finalists are out.
They did.
3 days late and after this was posted....
SAO has banned me for years. And I only got bigger.
So is TRUTH a defense, or does that go in the section for undermining...? Asking for a friend...
The whole lot of them needs to audit Con Law 101 again, because they have forgotten its key tenets!
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