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Thread: Texas Appeals Court strikes down state's "revenge porn" law as unconstitutional

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    Exclamation Texas Appeals Court strikes down state's "revenge porn" law as unconstitutional

    Sharing nude photos of current or ex-partners protected under First Amendment, court rules

    https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texa...venge-porn-law

    Is distributing intimate photos of current or previous sexual partners without their consent protected by the First Amendment? A state appeals court says yes.

    Now it will be up to the state attorney general's office to defend the state's "revenge porn" law, which was passed in 2015 and punishes those who post intimate images from previous or current relationships online.

    The Tyler-based 12th Court of Appeals said the law is unconstitutional because it's too broad and infringes on free speech, The Texas Tribune reported.

    In his findings in the case, Chief Justice James Worthen said the First Amendment usually prohibits "content-based" restrictions.

    The court also said that the law was vague and infringed on the rights of third parties who might unwittingly share intimate images, according to the Associated Press.
    Another mark of a tyrant is that he likes foreigners better than citizens, and lives with them and invites them to his table; for the one are enemies, but the Others enter into no rivalry with him. - Aristotle's Politics Book 5 Part 11



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    Good!

    Only 754,963,821,273 laws to go before there's no need for courts-n-cops....

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    Wow... another correct decision... both in one lifetime?

    This one must be giving ACLU fits, considering the rock and hard place between which they must be finding themselves.
    freedomisobvious.blogspot.com

    There is only one correct way: freedom. All other solutions are non-solutions.

    It appears that artificial intelligence is at least slightly superior to natural stupidity.

    Our words make us the ghosts that we are.

    Convincing the world he didn't exist was the Devil's second greatest trick; the first was convincing us that God didn't exist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Good!

    Only 754,963,821,273 laws to go before there's no need for courts-n-cops....

    I think you're a few digits short.
    freedomisobvious.blogspot.com

    There is only one correct way: freedom. All other solutions are non-solutions.

    It appears that artificial intelligence is at least slightly superior to natural stupidity.

    Our words make us the ghosts that we are.

    Convincing the world he didn't exist was the Devil's second greatest trick; the first was convincing us that God didn't exist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by osan View Post
    I think you're a few digits short.
    I got tired of typing.......

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    But can I post photos of me holding an AR online or would that be considered a terroristic threat and thus subject me to harassment by law enforcement?

    - ML



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