Sex Offenders to be banned from twitter - GoFuckYourself.com

fris · 08-13-2009, 02:23 PM

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Pat Quin, Governour of the State of Illinois, has signed a bill in to law banning all registered sex offenders in the state of Illinois from using social networks. This becomes interesting when keeping in mind the broad spectrum covered by the definition of social networks: any site where someone has to sign up and can create a profile can be considered a social network.

source: http://www.blogherald.com/2009/08/13...network-sites/

mmcfadden · 08-13-2009, 02:29 PM

i guess some people just don't like sex offenders... period.

candyflip · 08-13-2009, 02:50 PM

I can't imagine that holding up as constitutional once it's taken to the courts...based on the broad definition of what could be considered a social network.

Even Yahoo offers profiles pages.

Loki · 08-13-2009, 02:58 PM

exactly HOW do they plan to prove if someone is in fact a sex offender?

Twitter: only need an email address to sign up with

pretty much the same thing across the board, some social networks require as little as a zipcode, some as much as an address, but who says they use the real info?

Shit like this just makes me scratch my head lol

BUT here's food for thought.....

let's pretend for a moment....

New regs make sex offenders ALSO register their email address, it just so happens to be a domain addy (not a free email service)

few years down the line joe shmo buys that domain name

You know where this is going lol

-Loki-

PornMD · 08-13-2009, 03:11 PM

Great in theory, absolutely impossible to enforce unless the sex offender is really really stupid, in which case their chances of luring anyone into their sex offending ways is slim to none anyways.

marketsmart · 08-13-2009, 03:35 PM

d-null · 08-13-2009, 03:38 PM

why do we as webmasters gotta be adding to the twitter hype, it would have been fine to just title the thread with "social networking sites", fight the mindless media promotion

08-13-2009, 02:50 PM	#3
candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,061	I can't imagine that holding up as constitutional once it's taken to the courts...based on the broad definition of what could be considered a social network. Even Yahoo offers profiles pages. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

08-13-2009, 02:58 PM	#4
Loki Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,420	exactly HOW do they plan to prove if someone is in fact a sex offender? Twitter: only need an email address to sign up with pretty much the same thing across the board, some social networks require as little as a zipcode, some as much as an address, but who says they use the real info? Shit like this just makes me scratch my head lol BUT here's food for thought..... let's pretend for a moment.... New regs make sex offenders ALSO register their email address, it just so happens to be a domain addy (not a free email service) few years down the line joe shmo buys that domain name You know where this is going lol -Loki- __________________ MAKE MONEY WITH 3D TOONS! Need hosting? LokiCa$h Uses Amerinoc and love them! Skype: LokiPorn Or Email 3dloki\|at\|gmail.com

08-13-2009, 03:11 PM	#5
PornMD Mainstream Businessman Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 9,291	Great in theory, absolutely impossible to enforce unless the sex offender is really really stupid, in which case their chances of luring anyone into their sex offending ways is slim to none anyways. __________________ Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

08-13-2009, 03:38 PM	#7
d-null . . . Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 13,724	why do we as webmasters gotta be adding to the twitter hype, it would have been fine to just title the thread with "social networking sites", fight the mindless media promotion __________________ __________________ Looking for a custom TUBE SCRIPT that supports massive traffic, load balancing, billing support, and h264 encoding? Hit up Konrad! Looking for designs for your websites or custom tubesite design? Hit up Zuzana Designs Check out the #1 WordPress SEO Plugin: CyberSEO Suite

08-13-2009, 02:29 PM	#2
mmcfadden So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: philly Posts: 5,099	i guess some people just don't like sex offenders... period.

08-13-2009, 03:35 PM	#6
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