"scotusblog" declare : Argument preview: Court to consider social media access for sex offenders

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as declared in Recommended Citation: Amy Howe, Argument preview: Court to consider social media access for sex offenders, SCOTUSblog (Feb. 24, 2017, 12:30 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/02/argument-preview-court-consider-social-media-access-sex-offenders/ Defending the law, North Carolina argues that it is an essential part of the state's ongoing efforts to protect children from sexual abuse. Instead, it just keeps them from accessing social networking sites. But at least one mortal authority did: a Durham, N.C., police officer who had logged onto Facebook to see whether any registered sex offenders had been using the site. It does not, the state stresses, prohibit sex offenders from visiting other sites, such as nytimes.com, that do not meet those criteria.


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Supreme Court considers North Carolina law restricting Internet access by sex offenders
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Should sex offenders be banned from Facebook? Supreme Court weighs law

The state Supreme Court said the law addressed websites that might allow sex offenders to gather information about or communicate with minors. AdvertisementThe Supreme Court hears arguments Monday as 36-year-old Lester Packingham Jr. claims a state law violates his constitutional rights to free speech by banning convicted sex offenders like him from social media sites. The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the case of a NC sex offender who beat a traffic ticket and posted about his victory on FacebookThe U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the case of a North Carolina man who beat a traffic ticket and posted about his victory on Facebook, a place he was forbidden to be. Packingham's conviction for violating the social-media ban was upheld by North Carolina's highest court in a divided ruling. Dissenting state justices disagreed, saying the ban goes too far and could outlaw reading the New York Times and Food Network web sites.

Should sex offenders be banned from Facebook? Supreme Court weighs law


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