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Reality Check: Reason court overturned Facebook ban for Indiana sex offenders

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A federal appeals court has overturned an Indiana law that kept sex offenders away from social media like Facebook.

The court ruled the law is a violation of freedom of speech.

We investigate the reason behind that ruling in Reality Check.

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