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Should all sex offenders be barred from Facebook and MySpace?

By Douglas A. Berman

The question in the title of this post is being debated now in Illinois as a result of new bills being proposed by some legislators.  This local article, headlined " GOP bills about sex offenders draw ire: Rights groups, others say they?re too strict," provides the details over the debate: llinois 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 Sentencing Law and Policy on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).