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Revised Letter to online social networking corporations.

Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, It has come to our attention that Facebook will be deleting/banning ?former? sex offenders from the Facebook site(s) simply because they are ex felons? Although this ?sounds? like a good idea, the information your corporation is relying upon to do this is erroneous. First, former sexual offenders do not usually reoffend, and the propaganda concerning online sexual "predators" are pretty much based on myths. Neither Facebook or MySpace can prove a single case of sexual abuse that has occurred through the respective networks. The US Justice Department reports that former sexual offenders are the least likely criminal population to reoffend. Moreover, the CDC has determined that the majority of online sexual solicitations transpire among adolescents themselves and usually target their peers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 03, 2009 (boomark / email).