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VT - Vermont Mulls Ban on Aliases Online for Sex Offenders

Original Article Senator Urges Facebook to Change its Pseudonym Policy to Protect the Identity of Activists, Protesters 02/11/2011 By DAVE GRAM Vermont lawmakers consider ban on sex offenders using false names on social networking sites Vermont lawmakers are considering making it a crime for convicted sex offenders to use false names on social media sites like Facebook, after one such incident was reported in the state. Only two states have related measures, said Erik Fitzpatrick, a lawyer on the research staff for the Vermont Legislature: New York and Illinois bar convicted sex offenders from using social networking sites at all as a condition of their probation. The National Conference of State Legislatures was unaware of similar laws or pending legislating in other states...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 12, 2011 (boomark / email).