1 / 14

Registered Sex- Offenders not allowed on online social networking sites

Registered Sex- Offenders not allowed on online social networking sites. Porshcia Washington 1055-2. Online Social Networks. Ashleigh Hall. In the UK Ashleigh left her home one Sunday night and told her family that she was staying with a friend.

junior
Download Presentation

Registered Sex- Offenders not allowed on online social networking sites

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Registered Sex- Offenders not allowed on online social networking sites Porshcia Washington 1055-2

  2. Online Social Networks

  3. Ashleigh Hall • In the UK Ashleigh left her home one Sunday night and told her family that she was staying with a friend. • She was really going to meet up with a man she had met on facebook. • This man was a 32 year old posing as 16 year old boy. • When Ashleigh did not return home the next day, her mother notified the police.

  4. Ashleigh cont’d • The 32 year old man that killed her had been arrested for driving without insurance. • While in his cell he told a detective that he had killed a girl. • This girl was Ashleigh. • He took the police to where he had dumped her body.

  5. Ashleigh Watch your children and younger siblings online.

  6. Angelo Oesch • Convicted Level 1 sex offender who joined some online networks. • Did not disclose that he was a sex offender upon joining the site • He also joined eHarmony ,AIM, facebook, and MySpace • Faces up to 3 years in prison

  7. WOW 90,000! Offenders Online • Very easy to sign up • Social networking sites were created so adults and teenagers could communicate with each other. • 90,000 sex offenders were found and removed from MySpace. • Where there are minors predators will lurk.

  8. It is the law! Law in Illinois • Governor Pat Quinn signed new laws restricting sex offenders from using twitter, facebook, MySpace, etc. • One law, that takes effect on January 1st, makes it a felony for sex offenders to use these online networking sites. • “The object is to protect the innocent on the Internet from sex offenders.” -Quinn

  9. Pennsylvania Law • Bucks County Senator wants to pass a law restricting sex offenders from using online sites. • PA e-STOP would forbid those registered under Meghan’s law from using the Internet to commit sexual offenses. • Registered sex-offenders will be restricted from using the Internet at their jobs and will have to submit to home computer inspections. PA e-STOP

  10. Meghan’s Law • Website that lists all registered sex offenders in the state. • http://www.pameganslaw.state.pa.us/

  11. Registered Sex- Offenders in Philadelphia

  12. Facebook Stalker

  13. Sources • Branckaute, Franky. "Sex Offenders To Be Banned from Twitter and Social Network Sites." The Blog Herald 13 August 2009: Web. 11 Nov2009. http://www.blogherald.com/2009/08/13/sex-offenders-to-be- banned-from-twitter-and-social-network-sites/ • Doyle , MIke. "Virtual Concentration Camp for Illinois Sex Offenders?." Chicagosphere 12 August 2009: Web. 11 Nov 2009. http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicagosphere/2009/0 8/virtual-concentration-camp-for-illinois-sex- offenders.html • "Facebook gets sex offender in trouble." wten.com. 20 October 2009. News 10 Albany, New York, Web. 11 Nov 2009. http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=11349505

  14. Sources cont’d • Stokes, Paul, Caroline Gammell, Wardrop Murray. “Sex offender questioned over teenager.” Telegraph.co.uk 27 October 2009: Web 15 Nov 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6448959/Sex-offender-questioned-over-teenagers-death-after-internet-date.html • Morley, Robert. “Social Networking Sites: Sex Offender Havens?” The Trumpet.com 5 February 2009: Web 15 Nov 2009. http://www.thetrumpet.com/?q=5926.4292.0.0 Vasoli, Bradley. “Legislation Would Restrict Sex-Offenders.” The Bulletin 24 February 2009: Web 15 Nov 2009. http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/02/24/news/local_state/doc49a3ba43e5468656088323.txt

More Related