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Facebook and MySpace delete N.Y. sex offenders

By "eAdvocate"

In a earlier article on this issueI questioned whether these were NEW registrants removed after the 90,000 claim of MySpace, this article all but confirms that, the current numbers -for NY- are SINCE the AGs efforts began. Readers need to take notice that, but for the sensationalizing of the issue by the AGs, there is not ONE NEW CASE mentioned of a registrant doing anything wrong with their accounts or with other members of the social networks. This is another of those sounds-good ideas that has no proof that there is a need for such law, as no one is being molested by registrants.12-7-2009 New York:New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that more than 3,500 sex offenders from his state have been purged from Facebook and MySpace...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 07, 2009 (boomark / email).