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Oklahoma Anti-Stalking Law Bars Certain Unwanted Speech to Target, not Speech About Target
['Eugene Volokh', "Meagan O'Rourke", 'Elizabeth Nolan Brown', 'Liz Wolfe', 'Jacob Sullum', 'J.D. Tuccille']
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[In the] video, Meeks referred to [his ex-wife] and her children by name multiple times but made no threats.
No evidence suggested Meeks sent the video to her boss or had anything to do with her boss's discovery of the video.
Meeks's statements in the video also support the finding that the video was not directed toward his ex-wife.
Meeks begins the video with a caveat for any police officers watching that he is exercising his constitutional rights.
The anti-stalking law is designed to shield a person from unwanted conduct directed toward them, meaning intended for their intake, and not to censor someone from randomly talking negatively about a private third party to others.