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Ill. Reps Want Sex Offenders Off Facebook, MySpace

By Corey Rayburnyung

Sentencing Law & Policy mentions  a newspaper article detailing efforts by Republicans in Illinois to ban sex offenders from social networking sites.   From the State Journal-Register:Illinois House Republicans say state government should do more to keep sex offenders away from children and pornography on the Internet. But critics, including civil rights groups and Internet companies, say the ideas may go too far.Republicans again are pushing a package of nearly a dozen bills that would strengthen laws against child pornography and restrict what Web sites registered sex offenders can visit.  The measures were spawned by a series of task force meetings House Republicans conducted in 2006, during which parents, law enforcement officials and community leaders testified about the growing dangers of social networking sites and child pornography...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).