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Online safety measures pass
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Two measures, co-sponsored by Senator Mike Crapo, that
increase safeguards for children using the Internet passed the Senate this week by unanimous consent. "The KIDS Act, combined with the declaration of June as Internet Safety Month sends a strong message that
Congress takes very seriously the devastating crime of Internet predation of our children," said Crapo. "Statistics and firsthand
accounts of children and law enforcement reveal very frightening data on the pervasiveness of online sexual predation. Pedophiles operate more
than 10,000 websites, and hundreds more are created monthly-chilling when you consider that 35 million children from kindergarten to grade 12
have Internet access. This is an international issue rendering national and state boundary lines irrelevant. While the Internet serves as an
effective information tool, parents absolutely must be aware of their children's online behavior and habits as well as those with whom their
children communicate." S. 431, the Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators (KIDS) Act,
requires the registration of email and instant messaging addresses of sex offenders on a sex offender's profile on the National Sex Offender
Registry. Failure to register such identifiers will be punishable by a fine or imprisonment. The KIDS Act also requires the U.S. Department of Justice to maintain a system allowing commercial social networking website companies to compare identifiers of registered or potential users of those sites to a list of identifiers of registered sex offenders. The companies would be immune from civil liability if they used this system. The bill also makes it a federal crime for anyone who is at least 18 years old to misrepresent their age when communicating over the Internet with the intent to engage in or facilitate criminal sexual contact with a minor. The Senate also declared June as "Internet Safety Month." S. Res. 567, calls for increased awareness about threats posed by the Internet. The Article RatingReader CommentsSubmit a CommentCommenting RulesWe encourage your feedback and dialog. All comments are subject to deletion by our Web staff.
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John Doe wrote on Oct 16, 2008 12:19 AM:
http://www.4shared.com/dir/9534755/19d8052b/sharing.html
Read this case Decided weeks prior to the KIDS Act being signed into law, addressing the State of Utah's version of the law. It is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!! It will be fought, just the same as it was in the State of Utah...
You cannot search through someone's personal papers or communications without a warrant, issued by a judge, or "unmask" their identity in anonymous internet speech with proof that a crime has been committed or is being commited by a certain INDIVIDUAL.
Additionally, according to the decision of the Federal Judge in Utah sex offenders do not forfiet thier rights to protected anonymous online speech as a result of thier convictions, PERIOD!!! "