Social sites can boot sex offenders

MySpace can now expel sex offenders:

Yesterday President Bush (remember him?) signed a bill into law yesterday that grants sites like MySpace and Facebook to have access to a national database of registered sex offenders.

With that access, the sites would be able to cross-reference their user base and expel any registered sex offenders on it.

Sex offenders who do not register their e-mail addresses and other internet information could face up to 10 years in prison.

I actually think this is an enormous step to getting sex offenders off of places like MySpace but again I have to note that it doesn’t do anything to keep off the sex offenders that haven’t been caught yet.

Parents still need to remain vigilant in their kids’ internet usage. If you don’t know how to monitor their net habits educate yourself.

Parents should always be the first line of defense.

Comments

3 responses to “Social sites can boot sex offenders”

  1. David Avatar
    David

    It is a common myth that if we could just keep the known sex offenders off myspace, a majority of our children would be safe.

    The Truth is that most sex offenses are perpetrated by those who have not previously been convicted of a sex crime.

    Laws like this give parents and society a false sense of security.

  2. kamal Avatar
    kamal

    kamala

  3. Trench Reynolds Avatar

    The Ugandan Giant?

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