Uvalde Police Department's Facebook page says it 'does not allow comments.' Is it legal?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The lawsuit comes after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in March clarified that public officials' online accounts may fall under state action criteria if they wield state authority and establish such authority on their posts, even if it's on their personal accounts.
47% : In the official ruling, the Supreme Court established new guidelines and unanimously held that "A public official who prevents someone from commenting on the official's social-media page engages in state action under §1983 only if the official both (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State's behalf on a particular matter, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when speaking in the relevant social-media posts.
39% : That criticism extended to social media, where public outcry led to the department's decision to disable comments on its Facebook page that previously allowed public engagement.

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