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A Judge can't order you (or anyone else) to delete your FaceBook.
Any of you here wanna' cite the Law or is the Judge just making it up as she goes along?
A new Louisiana law steps up the penalties imposed on sex offenders in the state by prohibiting them from using social-media websites. This latest restriction is just one of many imposed on people convicted of sex crimes in Louisiana.
Under House Bill 55, any person required to register as a sex offender is banned from using or accessing social-networking websites, chat rooms and peer-to-peer networks if he or she has been convicted of:
Indecent behavior with juveniles
Pornography involving juveniles
Computer-aided solicitation of a minor
Video voyeurism
Other sex offenses in which the victim was a minor
The law defines the prohibited types of social media as follows:
Chat room: Any website through which users have the ability to communicate via text and which allows messages to be visible to all other users or to a designated segment of all other users
Social-networking website: A website that allows users to create web pages or profiles about themselves that are available to the general public or to any other users or that offers a mechanism for communication among users like a forum, chat room, email or instant messaging
Peer-to-peer network: A connection of computer systems through which files are shared directly between the systems on a network without the need for a central server
These significant restrictions may be lifted only if the individual obtains permission to use social-networking websites from his or her probation or parole officer or from a judge.
In addition, the penalties for prohibited use of social-networking websites by a sex offender can be severe. If convicted, the individual could be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail and to pay up to a $10,000 fine. For a second conviction, the individual could be ordered to pay a fine of up to $20,000 and spend five to 20 years in jail.
That will get shot down in the supreme court if not before then.