The local branch of our (Albuquerque) public library has a fairly large -24 units or so- computer pod with internet access. It is heavily used by teens doing whatever teens do on the computer and by others. As we all know, sexual predators look like everyone else so I couldn't even venture a guess that some of the adult users might fall into that category - or that they don't. I do know that the computer stations are quite close together and the users therefore are pretty closely packed. The potential for abuse certainly exists.

Should they be banned? I could argue either side of that, but I do think that they should be identified, monitored, and their access to certain items and areas (like the computer pod and children's/teen sections) restricted.