Federal Judge To Rule On Indiana Law Banning Sex Offenders From Facebook

The question of whether registered sex offenders should be allowed to use Facebook and other social networks found its way into a courtroom again Thursday, this time in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, where Judge Tanya Walton Pratt said she would rule within one month on whether an Indiana law banning the practice is constitutional.

The question of whether registered sex offenders should be allowed to use Facebook and other social networks found its way into a courtroom again Thursday, this time in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, where Judge Tanya Walton Pratt said she would rule within one month on whether an Indiana law banning the practice is constitutional.

AP reported that the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is heading the class-action suit on behalf of a man who served three years for child exploitation, as well as other people in similar situations who are off probation.

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