Starting August 1, a new Louisiana state law will require sex offenders to disclose their status on social networks. But in theory, that shouldn’t be necessary: Facebook and other social networks’ existing policies already forbid registered sex offenders from creating accounts.
“I don’t want to leave in the hands of social network or Facebook administrators, ‘Gee, I hope someone is telling the truth,'” State Rep. Jeff Thompson told CNN Tuesday. “This is another tool for prosecutors.”
The new bill, formally known as Act 385, was signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal earlier this month.
from Ars Technica