Murdered Sex Offenders Throw Internet Registries Into Question
With the murder of two registered sex-offenders in Maine, there have been a slew of concerns opening up regarding the Internet, and sex offenders. But this time, the concerns are falling on the other side of the equation -- is the Internet a dangerous tool that will lead to the unfair persecution of sex offenders?
The Civil Rights aspect of this argument isn't hard to understand -- if you've served your time you shouldn't be persecuted for the same crime any more. And with all of their personal information out there in the net, registered sex offenders make easy targets.
But let's focus again on targets, and who is usually in danger when the opportunities on the net meet sex offense.
For example: 1 in 5 kids is sexually propositioned online.
The dissemination of online child pornography has reached new and more hideous proportions in the last few years.
On a statewide level, most police task forces cannot keep up with the number of online predators they encounter in sting operations.
At Awareness Tech we think that if anyone needs protecting on the Internet, it's still the victims of sexual abuse. This is why we designed WebWatcher - to help parents better protect their kids online.
It's unfortunate that two sex offenders were murdered, but how many kids will be saved by vigilant Internet policies and parental control software?
The Civil Rights aspect of this argument isn't hard to understand -- if you've served your time you shouldn't be persecuted for the same crime any more. And with all of their personal information out there in the net, registered sex offenders make easy targets.
But let's focus again on targets, and who is usually in danger when the opportunities on the net meet sex offense.
For example: 1 in 5 kids is sexually propositioned online.
The dissemination of online child pornography has reached new and more hideous proportions in the last few years.
On a statewide level, most police task forces cannot keep up with the number of online predators they encounter in sting operations.
At Awareness Tech we think that if anyone needs protecting on the Internet, it's still the victims of sexual abuse. This is why we designed WebWatcher - to help parents better protect their kids online.
It's unfortunate that two sex offenders were murdered, but how many kids will be saved by vigilant Internet policies and parental control software?
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