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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 4 2008, 07:24 AM (139 Views) | |
| Troyminator | Apr 4 2008, 07:24 AM Post #1 |
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From the BBC
Hmm... While I think it's great that the government are trying to protect children there are a bunch of problems with what they are proposing here... The obvious one is handing over email addresses of known sex offender. How hard is it to get a new email addy? It takes an entire MINUTE (if you type slowly!) How does it help anyone if they have a list of OLD email addresses? It doesn't Having social networks more closely monitor who they allow to register is a better idea, but even then there are problems Just take a look at the arbitrary way that MySpace polices its users, with no obvious code or guidelines as to what they allow (despite the prominently displayed rules) Other networks are worse still (Netlog comes to mind) where they allow thirteen year olds to post photos of tehmselves in their underwear If my daughter tried to do that I'd ground her for LIFE! Not that she's allowed on any of the social networks anyway. Which kinda brings me to my last point...responsible parenting. I NEVER allow my kids on websites that I haven't checked out personally first. If there's anything even slightly "off" about it they simply aren't allowed on. This ISN'T Nazi parenting, it's SAFE parenting. It falls under the same category as allowing your kids to play in the street. You HAVE to inform them of the dangers, make them aware of what can happen and sometimes stop them from doing stuff that they think is fun (and you know is potentially dangerous) despite them giving you lip and filthy looks for a week afterwards! |
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| Blue | Apr 6 2008, 03:40 AM Post #2 |
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You are plugged in where most parents are casual observers, and if your instincts tell you to keep them off of social networks, I completely agree. I’d so be doing the same thing if I had youngins to look after. I’ve seen WAY too many people on video game forums and the like turn into something less than pleasant when you get them into a private chat. The thing is, I’d be willing to bet that most of those people were not registered sex offenders… yet. I have to agree with you that trying to keep track of a sex offender’s email addresses would an impossible task, and I hope they are not going to expend a lot of energy trying. It is a good rule though. That way if they suspect a sex offender is up to no good, and he or she has an unreported email, they have something they can charge them with and they don‘t have to wait for some horrible crime to be committed. And if they bust some sex offender offending, that unregistered email address they used can be just one more charge, and might make a prison sentence that much longer. But you are absolutely right that nothing the police can do is a substitute for parenting. |
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