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Supreme Court strikes down sex offender social media ban
From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:53:43 +0000
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:52 AM Subject: [ NNSquad ] Supreme Court strikes down sex offender social media ban To: <nnsquad () nnsquad org> Supreme Court strikes down sex offender social media ban http://www.kswo.com/story/35695510/supreme-court-strikes-down-sex-offender-social-media-ban The Supreme Court has struck down a North Carolina law that bars convicted sex offenders from Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites. The justices ruled unanimously Monday in favor of North Carolina resident Lester Packingham Jr. His Facebook boast about beating a traffic ticket led to his conviction for violating a 2008 law aimed at keeping sex offenders off internet sites children might use. The court rejected the state's argument that the law deals with the virtual world in the same way that states keep sex offenders out of playgrounds and other places children visit. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren () vortex com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortex.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 --- Impeach Trump --- _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/18849915-ae8fa580 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4&post_id=20170619105403:1F1822DC-54FF-11E7-8670-B2E6D26A3B19 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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