Facebook has removed the profile of a paedophile who has been recalled to jail and said there was "no place for convicted sex offenders" on the site.
I don't think there is anything wrong, per se, with a paedophile having a Facebook page. However, if it was used to attempt to groom children then that is another matter.
What concerns me with this case is "He was recalled to jail after concerns from his victim's family that he had contacted children using the social networking website".
We are going down a dangerous road when somebody is jailed just because somebody else expresses concerns. As the report states, there is no evidence of any wrongdoing "An Avon and Somerset Police spokeswoman said that Hegarty would be held while it was investigated whether he had breached his probation terms". In my view, the recall should have been based upon substance rather than simply thought.
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