02
February
WEB SITES REMOVE THOSE ON NY SEX OFFENDER LIST
newsday.com
Now that major social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace and Flickr have removedmore than 4,300 registered sex offenders from their rolls after checking names against New York state’s registry, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is encouraging sites that have online communities for children to follow suit, such as, Webkinz and Teen Second Life. New York’slaw requires sex offenders to register their e-mail accounts, screen names and nay otherInternet identifiers with the state. A state law also generally prevents various offenders on parole, probation or conditional discharge from using the