As always... Parents... WATCH YOUR KID'S ONLINE ACTIVITY!

There are predators everywhere, it's our job to protect our young children. Checking out their Facebook pages on occasion is not THAT difficult.

I wonder if the senator who lobbied for this was inept at computers as John McCain as he wrote a somewhat similar piece of legislation. Surely no one could go to a website and post under a different name. Wholesale bans will ultimately be ruled unconstitutional, as many people use "social networks" for purposes OTHER than committing crimes, such as selling books, finding jobs, or keeping up with mom and dad. The internet is integral to our society these days for many jobs. The term "social networking site" is not defined, either. Does this include places like www.sosen.us, which offers support forums for those dealing with things like trying to figure out how this law actually works? More truths about *ex offenders can be found @ www.oncefallen.com

PS: Studies have shown internet predation is far less common than you think.

One step closer to the Big Brother state police. But, hey! It's for the kids.

Will this include people convicted of public urination?

Yea, it seems like a good idea until you realize that the government will have to monitor EVERYONE'S internet activity to make it work. Without that, it's just an unenforceable law. I can't remember the specifics, but I think some higher court overturned an internet pornography law in the last year or so for being unenforceable.

These people did the time, and now another law to prohibit them from enjoying all the rights that other free citizens have. Wake up and get rid of all these unconstitutional laws.

It's not just to protect kids. It's any sort of sex offender, like a nice guy who might lure a woman on Facebook to rape her. I'm torn between whether this is a good idea or not since I know there are freaks out there, but on the other hand, it seems like a restriction of what should be a basic right for anyone.

Here's my question: If a sex offender is such a big threat to society that you have to basically pass laws to imprison them in society, why not just keep them in prison away from society? Whatever happened to once you pay your dues, you leave prison paid in full?

Access to social networking sites is a "basic right" for everyone? Wow, I feel dumber having read that. Internet isn't a "basic right" it's a privilege. When you break laws, then you lose privileges. If Tommy Touch-a-lot loses access to Myspace, i'm freakin glad.

I vote we spend less time "protecting" people, and more time educating them... would seem a better use of money, imo.

I like it, it keeps a nice outgoing personality for these offenders. Keep up the good work.

I hear about sex offenders and sex predators every day. Where is this defined anyway? Does Governor Pat Quinn and other politicians understand the diffinitions?
So, if I'm cought peeing on the wall, I'll be forced to live under a bridge in Florida with a GPS locator on my leg for life and banned from using hotmail to contact anyone.

That's an absolutely ridiculous intrusion on people's freedom. Another intrusion from big brother, and having people live in a permanent state of punishment. Perhaps they should refer back to The Rights of Man.

Good enough idea in practice, but in reality how on earth can they ever enforce it. It's so easy to create a new e-mail address, use a fake name and then register. That's probably what they do at the moment.
Making it a felony or not, is unlikely to stop them.

The only way they could ever enforce it, is to have the sites force people to give real identification before they can register and set up new accounts - and I can't see any way that will *ever* happen.

Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand it's a big rights violation, but on the other I can see why it would protect the children from certain individuals. Still, it's the parents job to watch and educate their children and it's no reason to punish the many for the misdeeds that a few may commit. I don't like sex offenders, but I hate having peoples rights chipped away by an over zealous government even more.

Isn't it about time someone tell Senators and Congress people that you can't monitor what people do online if they know ANYTHING about computers and the internet! These worthless laws are costing money for 0 effect.

Here's a tip to the White house. You can't control what people do on the internet w/o violating their constitutional rights.

As for whether we are pro or against, I'm wondering what implications this will have.

Will more people be lured into such crimes, "Thinking" that such registered offenders are not online and the internet is safer, while in reality we all know how easy it is to go around said laws. How many kids register themselves as over 18, and the likes.

Social Networking + rapists/pedohpiles = nothing new.

Forget the pedo freaks, the internet itself keeps eating children. NOM NOM NOM NOM

The only problem with sex offenders using facebook etc is if the the other person willingly posts nude pics of themselves or meet with strangers they don't know at all.

Of all the guys trying to chat up girls online, what are they really looking for in the end? does it really take a sex convict to pose potential harm?

Stop being stupid online and no one will get hurt.

How are they going to enforce that?

....I don't know how to feel about this. On one hand you don't want sexual predators on the lurk...but if they're that dangerous then shouldn't they be behind bars?

Losing you freedom one small step at a time.

Just give me one more pretext so I can spit up another restricting law!

That sounds just like the kind of reasoning that seems to be so prevalent in the government for a while now. Everything is now a "privilege" instead of a right. It's just an excuse for them to be able to hold something over your head and say "You better do what I tell you or I'm gonna take this away". If you have a computer and the money for internet access that qualifies as having the right to the internet, IMO. Just like owning a gun or a drivers license, yet they want to threaten you with taking away those "privileges" at every opportunity even if you haven't shot anybody or driven drunk. That's not the kind of principles this country was founded on.

Anyway, ban the pervs from myspace and facebook and they'll just move to other places online if their that set on being a perv. Wasn't everyone freaking out about chat rooms not long ago? Better add all those to the list. What about video chat sites? And don't forget forums cause they'll socialize with people there, possibly underage. By then you might as well just go ahead and take away their whole internet "privilege".

So much for peeing on my neighbors lawn. Don't want to lose my access to myspace...

This is stupid, there are also many adults on MySpace and other social networks.

as much as i want to kill these kind of people for their acts this is not a good idea to do.
hopefully it will be shut down.1984 big brother stuff is wrong and they will do this to others who have nothing to do with kiidie porn.

I think the government has taken the sex offender thing too far. I know there are bad people out there who need to be dealt with and parents need to control their out of control brats and keep them off line.
It's gotten to the point if you have a fight with your girlfriend and she wants to screw you it does not take much to get the label. Then you are stuck with it the rest of your life. Those evil men with their evil penises is what the feminists in DC think and say behind closed doors.
Touch your wife with one finger trying to make a point in an argument and or girlfriend and you get a felony rap for domestic violence and loose your gun rights, thanks to over zealot feminists politicians in DC and the support of dickless spinless males.

I think the government has taken the sex offender thing too far. I know there are bad people out there who need to be dealt with and parents need to control their out of control brats and keep them off line.
It's gotten to the point if you have a fight with your girlfriend and she wants to screw you it does not take much to get the label. Then you are stuck with it the rest of your life. Those evil men with their evil penises is what the feminists in DC think and say behind closed doors.
Touch your wife with one finger trying to make a point in an argument and or girlfriend and you get a felony rap for domestic violence and loose your gun rights, thanks to over zealot feminists politicians in DC and the support of dickless spinless males.

As much as I hate to say it on here. Im an offender.
I was 19, my girlfriend was 16 (shes now my current wife of 13 years).
but for 13 years Ive had the problems hat come with the tag of the offender..now this.
WAY to make people assume an offender is a guy in a white van with candy...screwing over a whole NUMBER of other people with their laws

As much as I hate to say it on here. Im an offender.
I was 19, my girlfriend was 16 (shes now my current wife of 13 years).
but for 13 years Ive had the problems hat come with the tag of the offender..now this.
WAY to make people assume an offender is a guy in a white van with candy...screwing over a whole NUMBER of other people with their laws

Why are there any "level 3" sex offenders out there?

They should've gotten the electric chair to keep us all safer and save the government some money.

The purpose of jail should not be to punish, but to protect the public form people that are a dangerous threat to society. Put these people in jail, but better yet put them to death.

As for DXWarlock. The law that put you away is ridiculous and you shouldn't even be on the sex offender list. There should be a common sense review of what constitutes a sex offender. Clearly you're not a threat to society.

As for Regulas, there's never any reason to hit a woman unless she's about to kill or maim you. You're a scumbag. Control your anger.