Sex offenders to be named on web
453466
Details of missing high risk sex offenders could be published on the internet to alert parents.
645229
The Scottish government will outline its new plans to deal with sex offenders.
625837
By Scott Rothschild, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  May 27--TOPEKA -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison said a recent agreement with MySpace Web site to provide information on thousands of sex offenders is just one step in continuing efforts to monitor social networking on the Internet.
515092
Limited access under Violent Crime Action Plan The British government is to pilot the limited opening up of sex offender information to parents worried about specific individuals who have access to their children.â¦
712276
Texas police have arrested six sex offenders who weren't supposed to be using the internet under the terms of their probation or parole, but who allegedly surfaced in MySpace's database search.
378555
In an effort to curb use of the site by sex offenders, MySpace plans to introduce technology that would identify and block those attempting to use its social networking service.
218328
New York lawmakers proposed  legislation on Tuesday that would provide new protection from  convicted sex offenders hanging out on social networking sites  like Facebook and MySpace.
44512
By SUSAN HAIGH HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut and at least a dozen other states are considering whether to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses as part of efforts to combat online sexual predators.
121765
By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Jun. 15--Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott initiated the first  large-scale blitz in the nation on sex offenders who have infiltrated the  popular social Web site, MySpace.com.
213283
More than 140 sex offenders convicted in New Jersey had profiles on the networking Web site MySpace, the state's attorney general said on Tuesday.
705011
New York&#39;s attorney general and state legislative leaders presented a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting people from sexual predators on the Internet, aand Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo backed the effort.In a press conference, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced legislation they called &quot;groundbreaking&quot; in its proposed restrictions and controls of sexual offenders&#39; online activities.&quot;Today I believe we&#39;re proposing the most comprehensive, smartest, toughest law in the nation to keep people safe online, especially minors,&quot; Cuomo said.The Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) responds to the widely documented use that sexual offenders make of the Internet, in particular social-networking sites, to stalk and victimize people, particularly minors.Specifically, e-STOP would require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses, instant message screen names, and any other online identifiers with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. That data would then be made available to social-networking companies and other online services so that they can then block access to sexual offenders and remove them from their sites.The bill also calls for allowing sentencing courts and the state&#39;s Parole Board to restrict the online activities of sex offenders who used the Internet to commit their crimes, victimized a minor, or are considered highly likely to repeat their offenses. In particular, the bill would ban many sex offenders from using social-networking sites.There are more than 627,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S., about 25,000 of whom are in New York, according to Cuomo&#39;s office.State attorneys general have been very vocal about their concerns over online safety, in particular of minors who are preyed upon by sexual offenders on social-networking sites, which are widely used by teens.The attorneys general have often criticized Facebook, MySpace, and other sites for, in their view, not doing enough to protect minors, but the two sides have recently seemed to get on better terms and have rolled out several joint security initiatives, partnerships and agreements.The e-STOP bill is needed to help social-networking companies keep their sites safer and will complement these companies&#39; in-house security efforts, Cuomo said.MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam agreed and said laws need to keep up with the times and technology. &quot;We hope [e-STOP] becomes a model for other states to follow,&quot; Nigam said.&quot;As Facebook and other Internet companies do our best to exclude [from our sites] those who would do our users harm, we need help from the government,&quot; said Chris Kelly, Facebook&#39;s chief privacy officer.Ideally, legislation like e-STOP would get enacted widely in U.S. states and also at the federal level, Cuomo said.
345023
Plan to target websites that 'groom' terrorists
649242
Connecticut and at least a dozen other states are considering whether to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses as part of efforts to combat online sexual predators.
390311
New York officials want sex offenders to provide their Internet identities to the state, which would then share the information with social networking sites like MySpace to protect users from online predators, according to a law proposed Tuesday.
31367
Social network sites are being urged to do more to help young users report online abuse.
31767
Social networking website MySpace says it will release tools to identify and block US sex offenders from its site.
618614
By Tom Breen  An e-mail to state lawmakers that began "Dear Registered Sex Offender" has prompted calls for a probe into whether child pornographers are using crime fighting resources as marketing tools.  Sen.