Sarasota Herald-Tribune

By Stacie Rumenap

Hernando Today – The Tampa Tribune

By Stacie Rumenap

New Internet technologies are emerging every day. While these technologies provide new learning opportunities and new ways to explore the digital world, they can also pose a dangerous threat to our children.
As an advocate for the safety of Florida’s children both on and offline, I applaud the Florida Legislature for the passage of CS/HB115, which will provide online safety education to adults and children in our community libraries.

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by Matt Fredmonsky

Record-Courier staff writer

Sex offenders continue to pose challenges to parents, police and legislators as the digital age allows for new methods to commit sex-related offenses.

In recent years, Internet chat rooms and social networking sites have created forums for sexual predators to search for young victims.

A Record-Courier comparison of the 35 registered sex offenders currently living in Kent to account names on the networking site Facebook.com revealed 11 profiles with names matching those of the sexual offenders. The comparison also showed one active account with the name and photograph matching that of a man convicted of raping a female child in 2001.

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