Social-Networking ban for Sex Offenders: Bad Call?

Quote: The law, which was signed Thursday by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, would prevent registered sex offenders in Illinois from using a social-networking service defined as an "Internet Web site containing profile Web pages...
Reaction: The arguement that is being made has to do with some people thinking that sex offenders should be allowed to have a social media site. There saying that not all people are sex-offenders just because they urinate on the street. They say that there is and has been internet predator cases but that is because it was usually a sting operation where no child was harmed.
"A January 2009 analysis of Pennsylvania cases by the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use found, during a four-year period, that "only eight incidents involved actual teen victims with whom the Internet was used to form a relationship," compared to 9,934 children who were sexually abused in a single year in that state." This is saying that only eight teenagers were involved in a relationship through the internet and more happened when internet wasn't involved. I think that sex-offenders should be banned because if they have a social media site then they can look at anybody. Using those sites they can most likey find out where they live and who knows what can happen if they decide to "visit". I believe that children would be safer if sex-offenders was banned from social media sites.
Resources: Magid, L. (2009, August 13). Social-networking ban for sex offenders: Bad call?. Retrieved from http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10309421-238.html
Sex offenders to be banned from twitter and social network sites. (2009, August 13). . Retrieved from http://www.blogherald.com/2009/08/13/sex-offenders-to-be-banned-from-twitter-and-social-network-sites/
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