A judge recently ruled that "liking" something on Facebook does not protect you under the 1st amendment. Six law enforcement workers in Virginia were recently fired after "liking" the Facebook page of the current Sheriff's opponent. The debate is over whether or not a "like" is an endorsement. Currently, the only way to follow such a page is to "like" it, thus making it hard to say whether or not it should be thought of as an endorsement of something.
Judge Raymond A. Jackson acknowledged that other cases involving written messages on Facebook protected the speaker with the First Amendment, clicking the "like" button is different and doesn't warrant protection. This is sure to be an interesting debate that will take place in the near future.
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