17.546 Registrant prohibited from using social networking Web site or instant messaging or chat room program accessible by minors.
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17.546 Registrant prohibited from using social networking Web site or instant
messaging or chat room program accessible by minors.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Instant messaging or chat room program" means a software program that
allows two (2) or more persons to communicate over the Internet in real time <br>using typed text; and
(b) "Social networking Web site" means an Internet Web site that:
1.
Facilitates the social introduction between two (2) or more persons;
2.
Allows a person to create a Web page or a personal profile; and
3.
Provides a person who visits the Web site the opportunity to <br>communicate with another person.
(2) No registrant, as defined in KRS 17.500, shall knowingly or intentionally use a
social networking Web site or an instant messaging or chat room program if that <br>Web site or program allows a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age to <br>access or use the Web site or program.
(3) Any person who violates subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Created 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 5, effective June 25, 2009.
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