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A girl was threatened with jail over COVID-19 social media posts. A judge ruled in her favor

Posted on AllSides September 30th, 2021
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A federal judge has ruled in favor of a high school girl who said she was threatened with jail if she didn't take down her social media posts about her brush with COVID-19 last year.

Amyiah Cohoon, then a sophomore, took a spring break trip to Florida with the Westfield Area High School band in 2020. The students returned to Wisconsin on March 15, earlier than planned, because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Cohoon posted on Instagram that she thought she had been infected, had been to hospitals, and though she tested negative, her...

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/27/wisconsin-deputy-violated-free-speech-girl-who-posted-covid-19-scare/5882203001/

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