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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Meyer grants the sex offender's motion for summary judgment, ruling the Connecticut law requiring released sex offenders to disclose all email addresses and other forms of online communication to the state police violates the First Amendment and does not advance a compelling government interest. Although the state has an interest in deterring sex offenders from using the internet to commit additional crimes, requiring disclosure of all internet-based forms of communications prevents released offenders from speaking freely and anonymously on the internet, while the state failed to provide any evidence the law has been used to prevent or detect crimes in the 15 years since its passage; therefore, the state will be permanently enjoined from enforcing the law against him.