KIDS Act Will Protect Children from Sex Offenders
So today, I joined with Reps. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Anthony Weiner (D-NY), and Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) in introducing the KIDS (Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators) Act of 2007 to require sex offenders to register their e-mail and instant message addresses with the National Sex Offender Registry. Once a sex offender has registered their e-mail and instant message addresses, the Justice Department will make this information available to social networking sites upon request to compare with user profiles. Offenders who fail to register their will face fines, imprisonment, or the revocation of their parole. In addition, the Act also makes it a crime for any adults to misrepresent their age with the intent to use the Internet to engage in criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
This bill represents the perfect amount of coordination between the technology industry and the federal government to continue protecting our children and as a bipartisan measure, should enjoy widespread support.