Unfriended Felons: Reevaluating the Internet's Role for the Purpose of Special Conditions in Sentencing in a Post-Facebook World

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 263 I. DIVERGENCE AMONG THE CIRCUITS.................................... 264 A. The Fifth Circuit Upholds Broad Restrictions................... 265 B. The Second Circuit is Unwilling to Enforce Any Broad Internet Ban ........................................................................ 266 C. Other Courts Conduct a More Fact-Intensive Inquiry ...... 268 D. At Least One Court Considered the Impact of Future Internet Advances ............................................................... 270 E. What Accounts for the Varied Outcomes? ........................ 271 II. WHY A RESTRICTION ON INTERNET USE IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER RESTRICTIONS .................................................. 272 A. The Internet, Version 2.0: Wireless ................................... 273 III. THE RISE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ...................................... 274 A. What do Social Networking Sites Actually Offer? ............. 277 IV. WHAT SOCIAL NETWORKING MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF INTERNET USE .................................................................... 279 V. REASSESSING THE INTERNET’S ROLE .................................... 281 A. The Second Circuit May Have Been Right ....................... 281 B. An Argument for Restricting the Internet ......................... 282 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................... 283