J.A. 449 (Davison characterizing question he posed at Loudoun Board and Loudoun
School Board joint town hall).
On some occasions, Randall responded to these
comments or criticisms.
In the right column of the Chair’s Facebook Page, the page is identified as a
“government official” page. It provides contact information for Randall’s county office,
including her office telephone number, Randall’s official county email address, and the
internet address for the official county website. The column also identifies how many
and which Facebook personal profiles and Pages “like” and “follow” the Chair’s
Facebook Page. 2 And the column includes a list of personal profiles and Pages “liked”
by the Chair’s Facebook Page.
Randall publicized the Chair’s Facebook Page in her official “Chair Phyllis J.
Randall” newsletter, which is prepared by County employees, hosted on the County’s
website, and distributed to Loudoun citizens using Randall’s official county email
account. The newsletter ends with the words “STAY CONNECTED” and a Facebook
icon that hyperlinks to the Chair’s Facebook Page. Randall also highlighted the Chair’s
Facebook Page in “Winter Storm Information” notices emailed from her official county
account to Loudoun County residents, advising recipients to “Visit [the Chair’s Facebook
Page] for Updates.” J.A. 341–42, 344.
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According to Facebook, “[l]iking a Facebook Page means you are connecting to
that Page. When you connect to a Page, it will appear in [a user’s] timeline and [the user]
will appear on the page as a person who likes that Page. The Page will also be able to
post content into [the user’s] News Feed.” Bland, 730 F.3d at 385 (internal quotation
marks omitted).
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