Illinois legislators propose flurry of Internet laws

It's become an annual rite of spring at the Illinois Capitol (Springfield, if you're playing at home): lawmakers putting forth measure after measure to crack down on troubling aspects of the Internet, dangling the promise of making schoolchildren safer. This year, legislators want to boot more sex offenders out of social networking sites, outlaw computer-based harassment and stop people from buying drugs online without a prescription. But even as they promote what they say are high-impact solutions to new-millennium issues, some lawmakers admit their proposals will only chip away at problems and be difficult to enforce. Much online crime typically takes place in the privacy of the home, behind the cloak of a screen name and outside Illinois.
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