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DEL.ICIO.USBill expands power against Internet predators
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill that would help the GBI keep up with technological changes necessary to hunt down Internet child sex predators got approval today by a Senate committee.
Senate Bill 98, sponsored by Sen. Bill Hamrick (R-Carrollton), expands Georgia law to include newer technological devices illegally used to entice children.
When the “Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 1999” was passed, it did not contemplate technology that allows, for example, the transmission of child porn and solicitations via cellphones, video games, thumb drives and other devices.
The bill also gives the GBI limited power to subpoena Internet service providers to turn over records necessary to catch child sex predators.
GBI Director Vernon Keenan says changes in the law will help the agency’s Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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