--- title: Moms on Facebook Can be Banned From Ranting About Family description: An appellate court ruled that prohibiting family-related Facebook posts isn't a violation of Constitutional rights canonical: https://time.com/104567/court-rules-moms-dont-have-a-constitutional-right-to-rant-on-facebook/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-19T18:28:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:46.586Z og:title: Court Rules Moms Don't Have a Constitutional Right to Rant on Facebook og:description: No word yet on Constitutional protection of poking og:url: https://time.com/104567/court-rules-moms-dont-have-a-constitutional-right-to-rant-on-facebook/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fb641dabf34c250/6986900b361760891690c145/151297752.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: thumbs down og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Court Rules Moms Don't Have a Constitutional Right to Rant on Facebook twitter:description: No word yet on Constitutional protection of poking twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fb641dabf34c250/6986900b361760891690c145/151297752.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Court Rules Moms Don't Have a Constitutional Right to Rant on Facebook > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 19, 2014 6:28 PM UTC  Weathered and rusted thumbs down sign post Weathered and rusted thumbs down sign post Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 19, 2014 6:28 PM UTC A [New Jersey appellate court ruled](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/18/mom-can-be-banned-from-ranting-on-facebook-court-rules/) that the Constitution does not provide mothers the right to rant about their families on Facebook. The decision upheld a judge’s 2011 order that prohibited a mom from making Facebook posts about her children and ex-husband. But these weren’t your garden variety rants. After the mom-in-question attempted to kidnap her kids, she began making Facebook posts about her family that referenced Satan, Adolf Hitler, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Book of Revelation. When a judge told the mother, kept anonymous to protect the identity of her children, that referencing her family on Facebook was “off limits,” she began to talk about them using the code name “Camelot.” This led to a violation of probation, which [the mother appealed saying](http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/2014/05/16/facebook-nj-court-ban/9179215/) it violated her 14th amendment right of due process and her right to free speech. The appellate court did not agree. 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