They are not obliged to provide WiFi, so turning it off isn't a First Amendment violation. The First Amendment prohibits the government from controlling access to information based upon its content. Blocking some websites would be like providing newspapers for prospective jurors to read, but cutting out articles the county doesn't want to to read. Another example would be blocking Fox News on TV but allowing CNN, or allowing jurors to read the Houston Chronicle newspaper, but disallowing the reading of the American Rifleman.bubba84 wrote:How is their limiting what you can view THROUGH their provided WiFi a violation of the First? Are they obligated to provide WiFi? If they turned it off entirely would that also be a violation? I dont see it violating anything.
This isn't my area of practice, so I'm not 100% sure that that constitutional protections extend to the Internet.
Chas.