“I do think the chumminess is due to industry pressure,” says Missy Cummings, a former naval pilot who runs Duke’s Humans and Autonomy Laboratory. “Companies are pouring significant money into lobbying efforts for both sides, so I think you are seeing this influence in how quickly these bills are being pushed through.”
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NC Sex Offender Social Media Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
Law professor Stuart Benjamin discusses a decision in the Supreme Court case Packingham v. North Carolina, which ruled that the state’s ban on sex offenders using social media platforms violated the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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‘Do No Harm’ And First Amendment In Cyberspace
The Supreme Court has invalidated a North Carolina statute making it a felony for a registered sex offender “to access a commercial social networking Web site where the sex offender knows that the site permits minor children to become members or to create or maintain personal Web pages.” Law professor Stuart Benjamin examines the First Amendment in a time of changing phenomena such as cyberspace.
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