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Bill Would Help Social Networks Block Sex Offender E-Mails, IM Names

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 30, 2007 - 11:34am.

Washington - A forthcoming bill in the U.S. House would permit social networking websites to request a list of registered sex offenders' e-mail addresses and instant messenger screen names from the Justice Dept., so they could be screened out of their members' ranks, CNET News.com reported on Tuesday.