Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders Questioned at U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court argument centers on free-speech rights
- Facebook, Twitter ‘incredibly important,’ Justice Kagan says
Signage is displayed outside Facebook Inc. headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017.
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U.S. Supreme Court justices cast doubt on a North Carolina law that bars registered sex offenders from using Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Hearing arguments in Washington, a majority of the justices indicated they read the law as going too far in restricting First Amendment rights and cutting off services that have become almost indispensable to millions of Americans. Justice Elena Kagan said the measure would bar people from reading Twitter messages from their elected representatives, including President Donald Trump.