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[theljstaff]

We have been contacted by the New York Attorney General's office with a list of registered sex offenders as part of their e-STOP initiative. Based on this data, we've suspended 186 accounts; we feel that it is important to remove these individuals from LiveJournal to help ensure the safety of our users

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[imaria]

May we know what sort of information was used to link these offenders to those LJ accounts, so we can be sure the accounts affected were indeed those used by said offenders?

[mereprototype]

I'll second this request for whatever details LJ can provide. It would be terrible if someone who happened to share a name with an offender, for example, was suspended.

[readysteadystop]

It's not as if LJ is putting a message on the suspension page stating that the person is a sex offender. The person can always come forward, request the reason for suspension, and present evidence that they are not the person in question if that's the case.

[filkerdave]

Guilty until proven otherwise?

[readysteadystop]

Thank you for not only doing this, but also for informing the users that you're willing to take steps toward creating a safer community. Hopefully other states will step forward with their lists.

[toshirodragon]

interesting... I approve.

[boosette]

It would be nice to know whether these are the child-molesting kind of sex offenders or the "got caught peeing on a tree in Central Park" or "got caught having consensual sex in a public space" kind of sex offenders.

Which is understandably information that you may or may not be able to provide, even though the space between the them on the continuum of "dangerous to society" is quite extensive.

[imaria]

There is a contact link via the eStop link above: http://www.ag.ny.gov/contact.html

They'd be the only ones who could give more information about what sorts of offenders ended up on that list.

[markf]

http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/sortab1.htm is a list of offenses you can commit which require you to register as a sex offender

[derekl1963]

Many of which are not particularly dangerous to society or the LJ community.

[dbaxdevilsfan]

Thank you!