Following lightly in the steps of New Jersey, which banned Internet access for sex offenders almost completely in December, New York state is considering legislation that would block certain sex offenders from using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. The bill, backed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, was proposed on Tuesday.
According to The New York Times, the law would only ban the highest level of sex offenders, and those who had used the Internet to commit their crimes, from using social networking sites. MySpace and Facebook, though, say they would make a point of barring all levels of registered sex offenders anyway.
