The AP reported Wednesday on a case filed by Ohio political commentators over a state law banning online harassment.
More can be found on the case brought by Eugene Volokh at the UCLA School of Law and Raymond Vasvari, a former legal director for the Ohio ACLU, at “The Volokh Conspiracy” in The Washington Post.
The case is noteworthy given the White House wants to loosen libel laws so the president can sue The New York Times or The Washington Post or other news sources he believes engage in fake news. Reporters are arrested for shouting questions at cabinet officers or in some cases frozen out of press events.
An Ohio county prosecutor feeling properly motivated just might use Ohio House Bill 151, that expands punishments for online postings, to jail or fine some poster on Facebook or Twitter or other social media platforms whose comments have gone astray about some public officials or personas.