How will the brand new Supreme Court docket ruling in Packingham v. North Carolina - which forbade blanket bans on use of the web for inter...
How will the brand new Supreme Court docket ruling in Packingham v. North Carolina - which forbade blanket bans on use of the web for intercourse offenders - have an effect on Texas instances? The Texas District and County Attorneys Affiliation offered this preliminary analysis:
Texas doesn't have a statute that criminalizes a intercourse offender’s entry to social media web sites, however Texas does have statutes that allow orders prohibiting a intercourse offenders’ entry to social networking websites, each as a situation of parole (§508.1861(b)(1)(B) of the Authorities Code) and as a situation of probation (Artwork. 42A.454(b)(2) of the Code of Prison Process). Primarily based upon the broad language of this choice, it appears probably wholesale prohibition of entry to Fb or Twitter or Instagram could be unconstitutional. A extra directed situation, prohibiting communication with minors or prohibiting entry to talk rooms or courting web sites, would appear to be permissible, even below this choice. However it's actually going to create new litigation.
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