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| DOC won't get offender's screen name |
| By Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published: 09/30/2008 |
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UTAH - A federal judge has ruled that a state law requiring sex offenders to reveal their Internet screen names and passwords to the Utah Department of Corrections violates the constitutional rights of a Clearfield man. U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell concluded that the man - identified as John Doe in court documents - retains his First Amendment right to anonymous online speech. The ruling bars the state Corrections Department from requiring Doe to reveal his online identifiers, which include names used in Internet chat rooms and instant messaging. The judge stressed that her decision, which was handed down Thursday, applies only to Doe. She also noted that an analysis of the constitutionality of the law would be different for people who - unlike Doe - are on parole for their sex crimes. The ruling is apparently the first in the nation to address whether sex offenders have the First Amendment right to speak anonymously online. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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