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Illinois Bans All Sex Offenders from Social Networking Sites

By Corey Rayburnyung

Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn singed a new law yesterday which makes it a felony for a registered sex offender to use social networking sites. Like most other broadly worded sex offender restrictions, this new law is sure to raise all sorts of constitutional problems. From the Chicago Tribune:Gov. Pat Quinn signed new laws Tuesday designed to limit sex offenders' use of technology as a way to find more victims."Obviously, the Internet has been more and more a mechanism for predators to reach out," said Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington), a sponsor of the measure and a governor candidate. "The idea was, if the predator is supposed to be a registered sex offender, they should keep their Internet distance as well as their physical distance."The object is to protect innocent individuals on the Internet from sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on August 18, 2009 (boomark / email).