The city of Eau Claire has disabled comments on its social media pages

Why did the city turn off social media comments? Does that violate the First Amendment?

Hirsch made the decision to disable commenting on all social media accounts run by the city. She says comments have become increasingly abusive and harassing towards city staff, residents, police suspects, and victims of crimes referenced in informational social media…

The city of Eau Claire has disabled comments on its social media pages

EAU CALIRE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) - The city of Eau Claire has decided to turn off comments on all of their social media accounts. Eau Claire City Manager Stephanie Hirsch said recent comments left on city posts have been getting increasingly profane and threatening both staff and residents. Hirsch released a statement that said, in part, "We have studied data on the comments, and most of the extreme ones come from outside of the region, and even out…