{"id":16020,"date":"2017-10-21T04:54:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=16020"},"modified":"2017-10-31T00:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T04:34:32","slug":"judge-strikes-down-internet-restrictions-for-sex-offenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/10\/21\/judge-strikes-down-internet-restrictions-for-sex-offenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Strikes Down Internet Restrictions For Sex Offenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/10\/21\/judge-strikes-down-internet-restrictions-for-sex-offenders\/internet-security-7020275\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/internet-security-7020275.jpg?fit=240%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Mitarart | Dreamstime.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"internet-security-7020275\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/internet-security-7020275.jpg?fit=240%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/internet-security-7020275.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16021\" \/><br \/>\nA federal judge has struck down Kentucky&#8217;s restrictions on internet access for registered sex offenders, saying they are too broad and violate First Amendment rights.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove ruled Friday (10\/20) on a lawsuit by a man who registered as a sex offender after his conviction for possessing child pornography. The judge said state law is so broad that it would prohibit the man from accessing a newspaper website to comment on news, or from creating an online account to purchase fishing equipment.<\/p>\n<p>One law barred sex offenders from using social networking websites or instant messaging or chat rooms that could be accessible to children.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Cabinet says attorneys are reviewing the decision. Van Tatenhove cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a similar North Carolina law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has struck down Kentucky&#8217;s restrictions on internet access for registered sex offenders, saying they are too broad and violate First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4ao","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 03:45:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16022,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16020\/revisions\/16022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}