A Constitutional Right To Facebook And Twitter? Supreme Court Weighs In

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Publish Date:
February 27, 2017
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The New York Times
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A Supreme Court argument on Monday about whether North Carolina may bar registered sex offenders from using Facebook, Twitter and similar services turned into a discussion of how thoroughly social media have transformed American civic discourse.

The justices’ remarks, which indicated easy familiarity with the major social media services, suggested that they would strike down the North Carolina law under the First Amendment.

 

 

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