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NC - Sex offenders fight ban on joining social networks

Original Article 01/28/2011 By JESSE JAMES DECONTO RALEIGH - Registered sex offenders aren't allowed at schools, churches, shopping malls or other places where children may gather in the real world. But what about Facebook and other spots in the virtual world? Two local lawyers say it's unconstitutional to bar registered sex offenders from such social networking sites, and they're seeking to overturn a North Carolina law passed by the state legislature three years ago. In North Carolina last year, 75 offenders were charged under the law, which targets social networks such as MySpace and Facebook that allow minors as members. Eight men were charged by the Durham, N.C., police and sheriff's department last summer after an investigation determined that the men were maintaining accounts on the sites...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 29, 2011 (boomark / email).