The Denver Post: Denver Public Schools paid $25,000 to settle claims that former school board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson violated a parent’s First Amendment right to free speech by blocking her from his Facebook page during his time on the Board of Education.

The settlement announced Monday follows last month’s unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that found public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social media, including when using personal accounts.

The lawsuit, filed against DPS and Anderson by Denver parent Eve Chen last year in the U.S. District Court of Colorado, was brought, in part, to challenge a state law that allows elected leaders to ban anyone from their private social media accounts, an attorney representing Chen said at the time.

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