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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Facebook Has Removed 5,585 Sex Offenders Since May]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</guid><description><![CDATA[Next up murderers and rapists?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2009 1:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Facebook Has Removed 5,585 Sex Offenders Since May]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</guid><description><![CDATA[First of all, there are now over 1 MILLION registered sex offenders in the United States, so 5,500 is a drop in the bucket.  Second, just because their account was removed, does not prevent the same person from opening a new account a moment later. All they have to do is use a different email address.  This is a no-brainer even for a moron. They are going through some lame motions to look like they are doing something, but the fact is that the ONLY - I REPEAT ONLY - way to prevent this sort of thing from happening is for parents to actually supervise their children online.  You can NEVER replace parents with law enforcement, and NOTHING you do will prevent ALL crime - EVER.  Simple rule though: if mom or dad can't be there to watch, then you can't go online.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Master Shake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2009 1:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Facebook Has Removed 5,585 Sex Offenders Since May]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</guid><description><![CDATA[i disagree with Master Shake in his statement that parents absolutely have to supervise their children on line. For kids under the age of ten, this rule is advisable to have in place so that kids don't go on websites they shouldn't be on (whether it was by accident or on purpose), and so they don't start talking with some random stranger they met online. (honestly, kids those ages still tend to have a disneyish view of the world, so it would be better to watch them) i do think that older kids, like over 10 should be allowed to surf the web by themselves, with parents occasionally checking up on them. we shouldn't just rely on the websites for patrolling and making sure no perverts are on there, because it is like Master shake said, it's really easy to create a new account. i just hope that media coverage has scared kids enough so that they'll think twice before accepting someone's friend request.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blondeperson99]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2009 12:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Facebook Has Removed 5,585 Sex Offenders Since May]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/26/facebook-has-removed-5-585-sex-offenders-since-may/</guid><description><![CDATA[supervising a teenager online is a never-ending process.  i get tired of scrubbing the hard drive of inappropriate pictures and have on more than a few occasions pulled the plug on the machine.  but then here comes the school with yet another internet research project.<br><br>5600  and 90000 removed is better than none removed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sauerkraut]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2009 1:11AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
