Responding to the rise of unsolicited and intrusive robocalls, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”). Duguid v. Facebook, Inc., (9th Cir. 2019) at 1149. The TCPA forbids calls from an automated telephone dialing system...
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Fighting words are words meant to incite violence such that they may not be protected free speech under the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court first defined them in Chaplinsky v New Hampshire (1942) as words which "by their very...
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On May 30, 2012, Lester Gerard Packingham, a registered sex offender, was found guilty of using a social network website in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.5. See State v. Packingham, 368 N.C. 380 (2015). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.5 is a North...