Social Media – ACSOL

NY: Cuomo: Make Sex Offenders Disclose Dating, Gaming User Names

·December 23, 2019
·88 Comments

[nbcnewyork.com - 12/22/19] New York's governor says convicted sex offenders should be required to disclose their social media screen names to prevent them from using apps to exploit children. Gov.…

National

Guy Hamilton-Smith on Sex Offender Registration & Social Media [audio]

·October 10, 2018
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[shows.pippa.io - 10/10/18] In this episode, Guy Hamilton-Smith, Legal Fellow at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center, discusses his article "The Digital Wilderness:…

California

CA: Registrant on Parole Challenges Social Media Ban

·June 7, 2018
·30 Comments

A lawsuit was filed today in federal court on behalf of a registrant who is on parole in order to challenge a parole condition that prohibits him from accessing all…

National

NY: Sex Offender With Secret Facebook Wins Appeal

·May 31, 2018
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A New York appeals court dismissed the indictment Thursday of a one-legged sex offender who did not register his Facebook account with the state. Full Article Decision

National

New lawsuit may provide access to social media

·February 26, 2018
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[floridaactioncommittee.org] Although the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that States cannot restrict a registered sex offender’s access to social media (Packingham v. North Carolina, 582 U.S. ___ (2017)),…

National

KY: Committee hears sex offender’s social media bill

·February 22, 2018
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[ocmonitor.com] FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill on sex offender’s use of social media was approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 70 is trying to clarify and revise…

General News

Notes from the Handbasket: neighborly behavior, NextDoor

·November 8, 2017
·57 Comments

[handbasketnotes.blogspot.com] NextDoor, a private social network for neighborhoods, is a popular means of letting neighbors know if you have a washer and dryer to sell or if you want to…

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NC: First Amendment woes in North Carolina

·November 11, 2015
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As most VC readers know, First Amendment law is dominated by a single question, the 800-pound constitutional gorilla that’s always in the room: What “level of scrutiny” will the court…

National

NC: Supreme Court bars registered sex offenders from some social media sites

·November 6, 2015
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RALEIGH - The N.C. Supreme Court has upheld a state law prohibiting registered sex offenders from using Facebook or other social networking sites that minors can join. In the split…

National

NJ: Trying to Ban Sex Offenders from Social Media Is a Waste of Time

·January 30, 2014
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New Jersey has become the latest state to try to regulate how (and if) sex offenders can use social media, an increasingly tricky problem facing legislators around the country. But…

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