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MN - Committee approves bill banning sexual predators from Web sites

View the article here 02/10/2009 By Tim Pugmire, Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul - A Minnesota House committee approved legislation today that would ban sexual predators from social networking Web sites. - Notice this says "sexual predator," and below is says "any registered sex offender?"  Apparently this reporter or the state legislature think these terms mean the same thing! The bill would prohibit any registered sex offender in Minnesota from logging on to sites like Facebook or MySpace. Participation in Web-based chat rooms would also be banned. DFL Representative Karla Bigham of Cottage Grove said state officials could warn sex offenders about the ban in a regular notification of prohibited activities. Bigham said enforcing the law would not be a problem...continue to full post

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