That is ridiculous!

i forgot about that , it says in the oerms of use that sex offenders are not allowed on facebook but i say ill be on it any ways lol

How can I report a convicted sex offender?

Convicted sex offenders are not allowed to use Facebook. If you've encountered an account that may belong to a convicted sex offender, please report it to us.

Please make sure you provide one of the following with your report:

A link to a listing in a national or state sex offender registry
A link to an online news article
A link to a court document

If you aren't able to include this with your report, we recommend that you ask a local law enforcement representative to contact us so we can take action on your report.

Once we're able to confirm someone's status as a sex offender, we immediately disable their account

https://www.facebook.com/help/210081519032737

It is comforting to know sex offenders are not allowed to use Facebook. If they could do something about all the rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, conmen, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswagglers, horse thieves, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers...and Methodists (thank you Mel Brooks!), we'll be okay.

It's funny they allow all this trash on Facebook but they don't allow sex offenders

Yeah it is weird - supposedly when they first made this rule they were allowed to because they were a private entity - however there has been some talk that since they went public with the stock that takes away the private label and now they should not be able to exclude based on a label. Some states have laws against it but many do not. FL allows RSO's to have FB and other social media site accounts but FB routinely goes through with some kind of program and wipes the accounts out (they did it to my son)

Does the company do this on its own? The link implies that someone has to file a complaint.

FB has a program that will deactivate them. I've had two friends have their accounts deactivated by this.

Also, FB doesn't jump the gun when some one is reported. They have to use the state registry, not homefacts or anything similar. The news article link really won't work either. I know several people who have reported RSO's and the only accounts that have been deactivated have been those who were reported with the actual registry link.

Also, just because they are deactivated doesn't mean they can't make another profile. You just need a different email address. Also, most use a fake name or don't have their profile picture of their face. There are a million ways around it.

i refuse to put my profile pic as my face i have it as some thing eles

Some good news. Guess what? Employers don't want their name plastered all over the Registry!
Howell Bill Aims to Remove Employer Name, Address from Sex Offender Registry

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 08:06 AM PST

12-29-15 Virginia: State Sen. Janet Howell (D), who represents parts of Arlington, has proposed a bill to exclude the name and address of registered sex offenders’ employers from the publicly available registry system. The proposed bill would amend a section of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act that deals with sharing registry information via the internet. Howell’s bill

My husband has an extremely common name and does not use a profile picture of his face. The pic he uses is so totally not anything any of those people would associate with him either. I also made sure he blocked any and all off his family and their friends and set everything to private friends only.

Janet - yes it is good that others are pushing back but the majority of employers will just not hire Sos because of the states doing this - it is similar to FL saying that ALL cars registered to a home where there is an SO must be registered with the sheriff department! Does not matter whether the SO drives or anything - to me that is certainly a violation of their Constitutional rights! But sadly no one cares but us ....

Advocate2: Sadly what you say is true...but can you just imaging an 'innocent' employer trying to petition to get his name and business off the registry? LOL What sauce for the goose?

It is just so very wrong - how far is all of this crap going to go before it crashes and burns ???

When 'they' find some other target (like stamping all Muslim passports 'Terrorist")? or Conspiracy nuts stop believing Newton is a hoax? or the Valligator bites herself and dies of rabies? Or ( incert your own favorite here) Even if 'they' repealed the Registry my husband would still be 'under life supervision' In this state they don't even need the registry to get crazy. So...LOL, get sarcastic Might as well laugh as cry. AND then, in spite of the worst they try to do, Get a Life because A happy life is the best revenge.