Comments on: FAC requests declaratory statement from FDLE on “Internet Identifiers”

By: Gene1720

Gene1720 — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:17:33 +0000

EX POST FACTO! Period, end of story!

By: No end

No end — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:08:37 +0000

In reply to Curious. I'd like to know how LE finds out if someone has an unregistered account. As long as you don't accidentally provide them that info or attach anything personal to it, how would they know.

By: PFR

PFR — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:27:05 +0000

In reply to FAC-3. I do have this with my attorney and we are kinda hoping that they continue to not answer. Will make the civil case we are building against them and the local sherriffs where I am from easier.

By: Curious

Curious — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:24:18 +0000

I would like to know how LE investigated the PFRs and discovered the Google Drives and YouTube accounts to justify making arrests. Any chance on sharing this information, FAC? I am not asking for the names of the defendants, but it would be good to know what LE is up to since these seems like unlawful arrests, as well as which counties/agencies are doing this. If memory serves me correctly, FDLE provided testimony in one of our Ex Post Facto cases to the effect of, they try to avoid making arrests and prefer corrective actions instead. We know that is BS, and it seems these arrests for YouTube and Google Drive accounts (which come with a Google account) prove that what FDLE told that court is a bald face lie.

By: FAC-3

FAC-3 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:13:55 +0000

In reply to PFR. Florida has a pretty solid Public Records Act. You can bring an civil action to enforce the Public Records Act, under §119.12, Florida Statutes. The act provides for the mandatory recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and costs against an agency that unlawfully withheld public records.

By: FAC Contributor #12

FAC Contributor #12 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:03:09 +0000

In reply to PFR. If they are unwilling or unable to respond, the entire statute may be vulnerable to a constitutional vagueness challenge under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and under Florida’s Constitution as well.

By: PFR

PFR — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:53:28 +0000

I will say this.
Good luck getting FDLE to respond.
I have asked for a sunshine law request on some documentation. I submitted it over 2 months ago and have yet to receive anything even an update when I have asked.

By: RM

RM — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:45:21 +0000

In reply to Rick H. There was a lawsuit filed in this case, and we won in 2018. The definition of "internet identifier" was strictly limited by statute and a federal court order. If the police are arresting registrants for not reporting internet accounts that don't meet the legal and judicially-ordered definition of "internet identifier," then the police are violating the court order as well as the law, and should be held accountable.

By: Just Sayin

Just Sayin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:49:18 +0000

Dear FAC, this Mitchell Hamlin Law Review article by Gabriel Aderhold may be helpful:

https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1332&context=mhlr

By: Just Sayin

Just Sayin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:38:34 +0000

Florida’s financial scheme here is so obvious. The State gets money from the Federal Government for every person who is on the registry. FAC has reported on this time and time again. The State legislators created a pathway to get off the registry (and thereby lose money) under certain conditions such as not being arrested for any offense during the entire period of registration. So, the law makers realized the State will lose money since the recidivism rates for sex offenses are very low. How did they fix this with the help of law enforcement (that also benefits from the federal dollars spent on SORNA)? They do this and ensure none of us are removed by making arrests like the ones mentioned in this FAC post or by creating stings or by making arrests for technical violations such as not registering a mobile home’s identification number even though it is affixed to the ground like a permanent structure and has a registered numerical address. All of this is simply a way for the State to continue collecting money for keeping us on the registry. It is a financial scam.