Bruce Rosen Quoted in New Jersey Monitor Article Regarding Social Media Free Speech Case

Bruce Rosen, partner at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C., was recently quoted in a New Jersey Monitor article titled “Morris County Woman’s Imprisonment for Facebook Posts Sparks Free-Speech Fight.” The article discusses a Chatham woman who spent 35 days in jail after prosecutors deemed that a post she made on Facebook amounted to a terroristic threat, harassment and retaliation against a public official.

Rosen says the case “has all the earmarks of a First Amendment violation.”

“Context matters. If you put this in context with the rest of her posts, she’s an angry mother,” Rosen said. “It seems to me that someone’s being extra-protective.”

To read the full NJ Monitor article, click here.