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Law Banning Sex Offenders From Social Media Sites Struck Down as Overbroad  


Author:  Roslyn Myers.


Source: Volume 13, Number 03, April/May 2012 , pp.38-38(1)




Sex Offender Law Report

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Abstract: 

In a decision that is almost certain to be appealed, a Louisiana court struck down, on First Amendment grounds, a state law barring sex offenders from using Facebook and other social media.

Keywords:  LSA–R.S.14:91.5; John Doe v. Bobby Jindal et al., No. 11-CV-00554, 2012 BL 36905

Affiliations:  1: John Jay College and Fordham Law School.

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