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N.Y. Legislation Targets Internet Predators

Author: Dave Lewis
January 31, 2008 at 7:47 am · Filed under Legal Aspects

Drop them all in gen-pop.

From MSNBC:

New York sex offenders would be required to reveal their online aliases to the state under legislation that aims to protect users of MySpace, FaceBook and other Web hangouts from Internet predators.

The identities would then be shared with social-networking sites, according to the bill written by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office.

State law already requires offenders to provide Internet screen names, but the new legislation would clarify and expand what they must supply and permit sharing with online services. That would allow the sites to screen or remove offenders and notify authorities about any illegal behavior.

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Doug Woodall said,

January 31, 2008 @ 9:36 am

It will certainly be interesting to see if this works. I find it hard to believe that a criminal will be honest to his keepers.

Dave Lewis said,

January 31, 2008 @ 10:07 am

@Doug

Short answer, it won’t. However that is part of the point I’d imagine. If they fail to provide the info then they could be potentially subject to much steeper penalties. At least, one would hope.

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