NEW LAW AIMS TO TRACK SEX OFFENDERS ONLINE

Newsday/Juliann Vachon

Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook can now trace and expel potentialsexual predators under a new law requiring sex offenders to submit all identifying Internetinformation along with home address.  Under the law, signed yesterday by President George W.Bush, registered sex offenders must submit all email addresses, instant messenger names or otheronline identifiers for inclusion into the National Sex Offender Registry.
(Washington)