GREAT NEWS!!!! SCOTUS rules for Packingham.

State cannot block access to Social Media !!!

More to come.

Here is the order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1194_08l1.pdf


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33 thoughts on “GREAT NEWS!!!! SCOTUS rules for Packingham.

  • September 17, 2020

    Had Packingham lost, states would have been emboldened to do what NC had done, ie, ban registrants from social media sites and more. Instead, we have, for example, thousands of registrants on Twitter, sharing ideas about registries, raising awareness, and getting a little escape from social isolation, with no resulting threat to public safety.

    It’s true that Facebook had already been banning registrants from their own site, but Packingham was never about that, a common misconception about this case.

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  • September 17, 2020

    In retrospect, this was a hollow “victory.” Corporations are given unbridled authority to regulate and enforce restrictions on social media to deny freedom of speech to registrants. Until the federal government removes that authority, which they never will, we remain a sub-class of citizens.

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  • June 20, 2017

    What about Facebook ? Practically every corner of the internet where you are able to blog and speak an opinion requires a Facebook account. They are “publicly” traded and hooked linked to almost every site (id say about 90%) where you are able to leave a comment, opinion and everything talking. Even more so, the news media sites. They hinder my first amendment right to leaving an opinion on an article that was published by the free press news sites. Anonymity is also protected by the U.S constitution and Bill of Rights to protect an unpopular individual from the lynch mob majority in our society.

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