GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES E-STOP LAW LEADS TO REMOVAL OF MORE THAN 24,000 SOCIAL NETWORKING ACCOUNTS AND PROFILES LINKED TO REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS

e-STOP Marks Third Anniversary as One of the Most Effective Internet Safety Laws in the Nation

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that e-STOP has resulted in the removal of more than 24,000 accounts and online profiles linked to registered sex offenders.

The Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP), authored by Cuomo when he served as Attorney General and passed unanimously by the Legislature in April of 2008, established numerous groundbreaking protections.

It requires sex offenders to register and keep up-to-date all current email accounts, screen names, and any other Internet identifiers with the state Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). The list is then given to more than two dozen social networking companies on a weekly basis and those sites use it to purge offenders.

"e-STOP is one of the most effective Internet safety laws in the nation, directly responsible for keeping thousands of sex offenders off-line and away from our children," Governor Cuomo said. "I commend the social networking sites that have agreed to continually use our data to ensure the safety of their users. e-STOP shows that New York continues to be on the forefront of Internet safety and its success is an example of what can be accomplished when we work together."

Provisions of the e-STOP law include:

· Requiring sex offenders register all of their Internet accounts and identifiers (e-mail addresses and designations used for chat, instant messaging, social networking, or other similar Internet communication) with DCJS.
· Authorizing DCJS to release state sex offender Internet identifiers to social networking sites and certain other online services to prescreen or remove sex offenders from using the site's services and notify law enforcement authorities and other government officials in conformity with state and federal law of potential violations and threats to public safety.
· Requiring mandatory Internet restrictions for all level 3 sex offenders, offenders whose victims were under 18, and offenders who used the Internet to victimize a minor.

Laura A. Ahearn, L.M.S.W, Executive Director of Parents for Megan's Law and the Crime Victims Center said, "Regardless of the office he holds, to us, Andrew Cuomo will always be the Sheriff of Cyberspace. As parents and lawmakers struggle to keep up with the dangers of an ever-expanding digital universe, Governor Cuomo has stepped in, passed an effective law, and kept the spotlight on Internet safety. We applaud his successful efforts to expand provisions of Megan's Law to the Internet."

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A controversial shutdown of three localised British blogs has readers scratching their heads. The blogs served netizens in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Leeds. Each location had its own reporter aka "beatblogger"- DJ Leekee blogs::: "Launched as a local experiment in 3 cities throughout the UK, Guardian Local was set-up to connect local citizens to information sources and resources in their areas and bring them local stories, news and features that mattered to them!"

Don't forget to stop back here on the blog tonight at 7:37 PM New York (Eastern) Time for the latest installment of THE BLOGGING CLASS! I think you'll find tonight's lesson particularly interesting!

AMERICAN DREAM SMASHED BY "BEAST" ::: (CBSNewYork) — In a fiery courtroom faceoff, a heartbroken mother lashed out at the sentencing of the monster who brutally raped and killed her daughter.

CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman was in the Queens courtroom as the woman confronted the killer through a translator.

“Come back my daughter! My only child!” the mother said.

Even the most hardened courtroom observers were wiping their eyes. The mother, Guihua Yu, had traveled from a remote part of China to confront Carlos Cruz, 29, the man who beat, raped and killed her daughter last May.

Guihua Yao said her 23-year-old daughter, Yu Yao, had just arrived in the land of her dreams – America.

BLOGGER DAN NGUYEN has that all-important BACKSTORY.

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Finally: Catholic Church suspends rogue Chicago Rev. Michael Pfleger - News out of the Windy City tonight: Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George has at long last suspended prog nutball Rev. Michael Pfleger.

The appearance of Egyptian political activist and tweep Gigi Ibrahim on The Daily Show brought a wave of support and protests from fellow tweeps, who covered the Egyptian revolution. Tarek Amr wrote this post for Global Voices.

Malaysia: Boot Camp to “Help” Effeminate Boys

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Based on their effeminate tendencies, 66 schoolboys from the state of Terengganu in Malaysia were recently sent to a boot camp aimed at "helping them behave in a proper manner". The boys were identified by their schools, who were instructed last year to identify students who displayed feminine qualities. The blogoshere in Malaysia is divided over this issue. read »

Digi has launched the DiGi WWWOW Award, it's 1st people’s choice Internet awards for Malaysians by Malaysians.

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Tags: Yu Yao, UK Guardian Blogs

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A Muslim actress, who posed nude in the German edition of Playboy, has caused quite a stir in the Islamic community of Germany.

Fox News reports:

Sila Sahin, a 25-year-old Turkish German living in Berlin, has been branded a “whore” and a “Western slut” after appearing topless on the cover of the magazine’s May 2011 issue, The Sun reports.

Sahin’s photographs, according to posts on Islamic websites, have shamed “Muslim womanhood” and depict her “prostituting herself for money,” the newspaper reports.
“She needs to be very careful,” one post read, according to the Sun.
“She must pay,” another read.




(h/t) The Blaze

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This is really tough to see. The power of God is something to behold. Look for the climater change nuts to crawl out the woodwork and blame man for this storm.

It has to be too much use of fossil fuels causing this strange weather, right? God has nothing to do with it?

Think again!


Daily Mail reports:

• Current death toll stands at 58 in Alabama, 11 in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee

• Alabama university town of Tuscaloosa one of worst hit areas and amazing video shows tornado hitting

• Louisiana police officer killed in Mississippi when a tree fell onto his tent as he shielded his young daughter

Severe weather across South could beat 1974 record of 148 tornadoes in 16 hours

Severe storms laced with tornadoes battered America’s South on Wednesday and killed at least 72 people across four states.

Fifty-eight people died in Alabama, 11 in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee - with parts of the city that is home to the University of Alabama destroyed by a gigantic tornado.

Homes and buildings across Tuscaloosa were taken apart, one hospital said its emergency room had admitted at least 100 people and a video showed paramedics lifting a child out of a flattened home.


The storm system spread destruction on Tuesday night and Wednesday from Texas to Georgia, and it is forecast to hit the Carolinas next and then move further northeast.

A state of emergency was declared in Alabama, where 15 were killed just in Birmingham, and drivers were abandoning their cars in Tuscaloosa as traffic was halted by downed trees and power lines.

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Gimmie a break with all this royal wedding stuff!

Hey, I have nothing against Kate and William, they seem like nice people. But, the American press is trying so hard to make this bigger than Prince Charles marrying Lady Dianna, and it’s soooo far from that.

Bottom lime, Kate and Will couldn’t be more boring! Somebody hit my snooze bottom I’m falling asleep again (yawn).

Much love to my British readers though, this is nothing personal, only business.
God Save the Queen!

P.S.
I’m a Prince Harry fan. He’s the cool one. I would watch his wedding.

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I have known to be very harsh on President Obama, and deservedly so. He’s an incompetent mess that presiding over the decline of the country, and he doesn’t care.

However, no one seems to notice how very critical I’ve been with the feckless punk ass GOPers in congress who are so afraid of taking Obama head on. They’re such a bunch of politically correct poll driven pussies that I’m totally ashamed of these weak ass men

We need more Jim Demints, Marco Rubios and Allen Wests to be the norm in the GOP. I’m sick and tired of these bitch ass John Boehners and Eric Cantors who are so afraid of the media. Act like God damn men, not like a bunch of panty wearing pussies that are afraid of their shadows. If these jerks need to be primaried, so be it! Just because ya’ got and R after your name doesn’t mean shit! You’re expendable at the ballot box for true strong conservatives.

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We have scientists, doctors and other researchers actively trying to find a cure for diseases like cancer, right? In order to keep that research money coming in, scientists have to constantly remind us, “Hey we have this cancer and that cancer to deal with and try to cure for!”

Totally understandable, right?

Well, around the world we have scientists who are dedicated to finding the cause of so-called “man-made climate change”. So what do you think these scientists are gonna say in order to keep the millions of dollars of research money coming in?

“Climate change is really happening!”

Now where is my check?

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