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4,300 more NY sex offenders kicked off social networking sites
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NEW YORK -- Major social networking sites have removed more than 4,300 registered sex offenders from their rolls after checking names against New York state's registry.
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that the offenders had more than 11,700 profiles linked to them on sites like Flickr and Friendster. The sites had agreed in December to check their memberships against the list.
New York's law requires sex offenders to register their e-mail accounts, screen names and any other Internet identifiers with the state.
Cuomo called for Web sites that cater to children, like Webkinz and Club Penguin, to add to their security measures already in place by also agreeing to check with the state list.
There are just under 30,000 names on the state's sex offender list.
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