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Colorado State Patrol Facebook Block Costs Taxpayers $50,000

Colorado State Patrol Facebook settlement represented by a patrol vehicle, social icons, and Colorado government imagery
The block button was not taxpayer-proof.
Written by Scott K. James

Colorado State Patrol will pay $50,000 after deleting critical Facebook comments and blocking a commenter. Taxpayers get the bill and the lesson.

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