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Court ordered to look at state police social media policy

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HARRISBURG, Pa. - An appeals court should have privately reviewed a state police policy that guides troopers' monitoring of social media before deciding it was OK to block public disclosure of the policy, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The ruling came after Commonwealth Court rejected a request from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania that state police disclose details of its policy for monitoring social media to investigate crimes and do employee background checks.The lower court did not look at the policy itself in siding with state police, instead relying on the testimony of a state police official who said that public disclosure would help criminals and others avoid police scrutiny online.In a 6-1 ruling,.

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