Moar Legislation: Texas Bill To Require Sex Offenders Registration Of Online Profiles
Thursday 7 May 2009 @ 2:12 pm | By Sol 2 Comments
There have been a number of incidents in which online predators have used online gaming services such as Xbox Live as a means to facilitate lewd relationships with minors. A newly purposed Texas bill (HB 22) aims to force convicted sex offenders to register their online handles and gaming persona. Depending on how strictly you interpret the bill, this may bar sex offenders from being able to utilize the internet to access commercial social networking sites. Read: Increasing the overall scope for future applications.
While this bill has not passed the Texas House or Senate, the Lone Star state has launched a major campaign to combat online predators. Being a resident of Texas I find it difficult to believe that such resources to police such a proposal exists. However, I do see the need to limit predator access to minors, but is HB 22 the way to go?
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Well, the only people who will suffer are the convicted sex offenders. The ones who are still OK are.. well… uuh.. go, Pedobear?
I think the dissenting opinion on the issue is that it is really broad. I’m not saying it’s a bad idea, but a more targeted approach is better. The issue with that is technology always moves faster than legislation.