Vermont May Ban Sex Offenders Using Aliases Online

Vermont lawmakers want to prohibit convicted sex offenders from using fake names on Facebook and other websites, and would make violation a misdemeanor with the punishment of two years in jail.

Vermont lawmakers want to prohibit convicted sex offenders from using fake names on Facebook and other websites, and would make violation a misdemeanor with the punishment of two years in jail.

Only two other states have similar laws. Illinois and New York disallow disallow convicted sex offenders from using any social networking sites as a condition of probation.

State senators have discussed whether it’s possible to prohibit convicted sex offenders from using computers altogether, the Associated Press has reported.

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