Lawmakers Target Online Sex Predators
In a move to protect children from online threats, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and John McCain on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require sex offenders to submit e-mail addresses, instant-message names, and other identifying Internet information to federal authorities. But critics of the bill say more should be done.The “Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007,” or KIDS Act, would place a convicted felon’s electronic identifying information in the National Sex Offender Registry, and allow social-networking sites to cross-check user information against the registry to protect kids from online predators.
“Millions of teenagers log on to Web sites like MySpace and they, and their parents, shouldn’t have to worry about running in to these predators online,” Schumer said in a statement, adding that sex offenders have no business joining social-networking communities.
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