Facebook 'Like' Is Protected By the First Amendment
A little bizarre when you think about it, but your Facebook "likes" are now protected by the First Amendment. "Liking" something on Facebook is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reviving a closely watched case over the extent to which the Constitution shields what we do online.
In doing so, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a former deputy sheriff in Hampton, Va., who said he was sacked for "liking" the Facebook page of a man running against his boss for city sheriff.
“Liking” the campaign page, the court said, was the "Internet equivalent of displaying a political sign in one's front yard, which the Supreme Court has held is substantive speech."
The Richmond-based appeals court reversed a ruling by a federal district judge, Raymond A. Jackson, who threw out the lawsuit last year on the grounds that a Facebook "like" was "insufficient speech to merit constitutional protection."
Courts have granted First Amendment protection in the past to written posts on Facebook, Judge Jackson pointed out in his April 2012 ruling. But he put those cases in a separate category of speech, because they involved "actual statements."
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Someone hated the guy in the first place. Never add anyone from work unless you frequently hang out outside of work. Also change your privacy settings to Visible to Friends only
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When will people learn how to use Farcebook properly?
I'm sure Zuckerberg didn't count on so many to$$ers using his social networking utility.

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“Liking” the campaign page, the court said, was the "Internet equivalent of displaying a political sign in one's front yard, which the Supreme Court has held is substantive speech."
So while I agree that no one should be judged based on clicking an icon of a thumb (especially to the moronic extents I qouted above), the whole black and white "do you either hate this or like this" simplicity is all bull**** anyway.