NEW : `` If you wanted to participate in a chat room to work around a candidate , you ca n't do that , '' he said . The Indiana law banned `` completely innocent '' conduct , the ACLU argued . It was a ban on speech that is protected by the First Amendment and not just speech about abortion or gay marriage. The state 's attorney general said the law protected `` reasonable interests '' Indiana ca n't slap a `` blanket ban '' on social media for sex offenders , court finds . Federal judges have struck down similar bans in Nebraska and Louisiana .
NEW : The Indiana law banned `` completely innocent '' conduct , the ACLU argued . It was a ban on speech that is protected by the First Amendment and not just speech about abortion or gay marriage. The state 's attorney general said the law protected `` reasonable interests '' Indiana ca n't slap a `` blanket ban '' on social media for sex offenders , court finds . Federal judges have struck down similar bans in Nebraska and Louisiana .