Sex Offenders Dumped From MySpace, Facebook in NY

There are now 3,500 fewer registered sex offenders with Facebook and MySpace accounts in New York state.

The social networking sites removed the accounts in accordance with a state law signed last year by Gov. David Paterson. The law forces registered sex offenders to reveal their e-mail addresses and bans online social networking for any offenders who were convicted of victimizing a minor.

The New York attorney general’s office says more than 8,000 sex offenders have given their e-mail addresses to the state. Nearly half of those had MySpace or Facebook accounts.

MySpace eliminated 90,000 sex-offender accounts nationwide earlier this year.