2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 17 - PUBLIC SAFETY .546 Registrant prohibited from using social networking Web site or instant messaging or chat room program accessible by minors -- Registrant prohibited from photographing, filming, or making a video of a minor without consent of minor's parent or guardian.
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17.546 Registrant prohibited from using social networking Web site or instant
messaging or chat room program accessible by minors -- Registrant prohibited
from photographing, filming, or making a video of a minor without consent of
minor's parent or guardian.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
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
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
communicate with another person.
No registrant shall knowingly or intentionally use a social networking Web site or
an instant messaging or chat room program if that Web site or program allows a
person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age to access or use the Web site or
program.
No registrant shall intentionally photograph, film, or video a minor through
traditional or electronic means without the written consent of the minor's parent,
legal custodian, or guardian unless the registrant is the minor's parent, legal
custodian, or guardian. The written consent required under this subsection shall
state that the person seeking the consent is required to register as a sex offender
under Kentucky law.
Any person who violates subsection (2) or (3) of this section shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Created
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 5, effective June 25, 2009.
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