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Should Sex Offenders Be Allowed On Facebook? The discussion goes beyond that initial repulsive reaction

Date: May 31, 2012

Author: Josh Wolford

QUOTE: Many states have laws on the books that put an outright ban on registered sex offenders using social networks. Sometimes these laws extend to things like instant messaging services and the like....there’s a wave of challenges to state laws banning sex offenders’ use of social media, and the American Civil Liberties Union is stepping in to spearhead many of them.

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Key People:

• Gov. Bobby Jindal
• Eric T. Schneiderman Esq.
• Linda L. Kelly Esq.
• John Edward Walsh

Key Organizations:

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Apple Computer
• Electronic Arts Inc. (EA)
• Facebook
• iEntry
• Microsoft Corporation
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
• Walt Disney Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Computers & Information Technology
  • Internet General (see also Fraud, Free Speech, etc.)
    • Internet: Children

• Law & Justice
  • Civil Rights / Equal Protection
    • Free Speech: Other Issues/General
      • Free Speech: Child Protection

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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