After further research we see this policy was Implemented or drafted in 2015. A 2019 ruling by the Supreme Court acknowledged that censoring on a government public forum on social media, such as Facebook was unconstitutional and subject to ligation for doing so. 

I’ve attached links for your review and we have asked the city to reconsider and update this outdated policy, as it does not supersede a Fourth Circuit Court ruling.

We seek action from Winter Springs to ensure freedom speech is not being censored on our public Facebook forum!  Citizens should have the right to be able to comment positively or negatively without threat of being censored.

Recent court cases have established that elected representatives violate the First Amendment when they block individuals or delete their comments for expressing critical opinions on sites like Twitter and Facebook. 

If a public official uses their account to communicate with the public in their role as an elected official, then their page or account is subject to the First Amendment, which protects free speech. That means they cannot engage in most forms of censorship such as blocking someone or deleting someone’s comments simply because of the subject or their opinion.

Sources:

https://www.govtech.com/gov-experience/the-unseen-consequences-of-hiding-social-comments.html

https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/internet-speech/court-rules-public-officials-cant-block-critics-facebook

https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-aclu-hogan-facebook-20180402-story.html