ProPublica filed public-records requests with all 50 governors and 22 federal agencies. Here’s what it found.
by Leora Smith and Derek Kravitz
by Leora Smith and Derek Kravitz
Amanda Farber still doesn’t know why Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan blocked
her from his Facebook group. A resident of Bethesda and full-time parent
and volunteer, Farber identifies as a Democrat but voted for the
Republican Hogan in 2014. Farber says she doesn’t post on her
representatives’ pages often. But earlier this year, she said she wrote
on the governor’s Facebook page, asking him to oppose the Trump
administration’s travel ban and health care proposal.
She never received a response. When she later returned to the page, she
noticed her comment had been deleted. She also noticed she had been
blocked from commenting. (She is still allowed to share the governor’s
posts and messages.)
Farber has repeatedly emailed and called Hogan’s office, asking them to
remove her from their blacklist. She remains blocked. According to
documents ProPublica obtained through an open-records request this
summer, hers is one of 494 accounts that Hogan blocks. Blocked accounts
include a schoolteacher who criticized the governor’s education policies
and a pastor who opposed the governor’s stance against accepting Syrian refugees. They even have their own Facebook group: Marylanders Blocked by Larry Hogan on Facebook.
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Source: ProPublica
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