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Judge-Executive Accused of Social Media Censorship in Lawsuit

March 20, 2025

(Franklin Favorite)—A lawsuit filed by the Liberty Justice Center alleges a Simpson County official violated a resident’s First Amendment rights by blocking him from an official social media page.

The lawsuit, filed March 12 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Bowling Green Division, claims Simpson County Judge-Executive Mason Barnes blocked Joel Peyton from his official Facebook page in retaliation for…

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