Denver Public Schools pays $25,000 to settle social media lawsuit involving Auon’tai Anderson

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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 whe…

Vice President of the Denver School Board Auon’tai Anderson answers questions during a press conference announcing a proposed plan for creating community resource officers at the Denver Public Schools building in downtown Denver on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Pribble and Anderson said the district paid the entire $25,000 settlement in the case as Anderson was a board member when the lawsuit was filed. Anderson’s term on the board ended last year. Chen filed the lawsuit after Anderson deleted a comment she posted on his Facebook page and blocked her. She had made the comment on a Facebook post that Anderson made in July regarding a vote the school board was scheduled to take on whether to supportEducation |Opinion: Child sex abuse victims know there should be no time limit for justice in civil casesthat found anonymous allegations of sexual assault made against Anderson were unsubstantiated.

Anderson said Chen “never lost full access to” him, retaining access to his other social media accounts, including on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.

 

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