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	Sex offender claims breach of privacy in case over social media page set up to monitor paedophiles</p>
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	A convicted child abuser should be awarded up to &pound;100,000 in damages for being featured on a Facebook page set up to monitor paedophiles in Northern Ireland, the High Court in Belfast has been told.</p>
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	Counsel for the sex offender claimed the breach of his privacy was among the most severe cases in the UK.</p>
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	A judge was also told he planned to split any payout between compensating his victims and giving money to his own family.</p>
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	The man, who cannot be identified, has brought a potentially landmark lawsuit against Facebook and page operator Joe McCloskey.</p>
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	He is claiming misuse of private information, harassment and breaches of the data protection act. An order to shut down the &ldquo;Keeping our kids safe . . . &rdquo; page administrated by Mr McCloskey is also sought.</p>
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	Proceedings were launched after the man&rsquo;s photograph and details appeared on the social networking site last year.</p>
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	He served a prison sentence for a string of gross indecency and indecent assault offences against a young girl and a teenage boy.</p>
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	Mr McCloskey has told the court he has &ldquo;named and shamed&rdquo; 400 sex offenders through the page. He denies being responsible for a witchhunt or hate campaign.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/convicted-child-abuser-seeks-100-000-over-facebook-page-1.1975562">http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/convicted-child-abuser-seeks-100-000-over-facebook-page-1.1975562</a></p>
