Happy Face 29 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Sex offenders could be forced to register their e-mail addresses and chatroom names, the government says. Home Secretary John Reid said he may make paedophiles put online identity details on the Sex Offenders Register. Mechanisms would be set up to "flag up" approaches by them to sites popular among youngsters, he told the BBC. One computer expert said this was a step in the right direction, but added internet identities could be changed "in a matter of seconds". Broader Mr Reid said: "We already have probably the toughest regime in Europe for identifying sex offenders. "But although we are strong, we have to keep ahead of the game and I want to bring in stronger, broader powers to protect our children." He told the BBC: "If we did that we would then be able to set up mechanisms that would flag up anyone using those addresses or those identities to make approaches and contacts through some of the very popular internet spaces which are used by kids." Cliff Saran, technology editor of Computer Weekly, told the BBC News website: "I have about five e-mail addresses. It's easy to set up a new one in seconds... it's going to be hard to track that." The same applied to chatrooms and networks like MSN, he added - "Come up with a suitable name, and off you go." World net safety day He said the government's move was a step in the right direction and the industry would co-operate - but opportunities would arise for organisations to market "premium" - allegedly untraceable - e-mail accounts. If everyone had a single internet identity for life, like a National Insurance number, this would make it far easier to track people, he said. Child internet safety expert John Carr, of children's charity NCH, said: "This is a very welcome move. "It will mean that we can extend the Sex Offenders Register regime into cyberspace and that will be a great comfort to many people." Alert Under present rules, sex offenders must list their name and address on the Sex Offenders Register for a period of years after conviction or even for the rest of their lives. However it is feared that some continue to find a way around the existing system. Last month newspaper reports said police forces across the UK had lost track of 322 convicted sex offenders. The News of the World claimed one paedophile who had breached register conditions had given his address as "woods" after moving from "a tent near Guildford leisure centre". The latest proposal means their online identities would be treated in exactly the same way as their real name, a Home Office spokesman said. Failure to divulge all the information required could lead to a jail term of up to five years. Prof Allyson MacVean, director of the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety at London's Metropolitan University, said police should be able to search sex offenders' homes and computers. "Internet addresses are so easy to make up and it doesn't give any sense of who the person is or where their location is," she told the BBC. She said this was why the police needed access to sex offenders' computers without needing to apply for a warrant. Mr Reid was visiting the headquarters of Ceop (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Cetnre) in London on Safer Internet Day, a worldwide event, organised by European Schoolnet, intended to raise awareness among parents, teachers and young people of the risks associated with use of the net. Events are being held in 31 nations and a blogathon will record activities held as far apart as Australia and Canada. INTERNET ABUSE Nearly a third of young people have received unwanted sexual comment online or by text Just 7% of parents know their child has been subjected to such material 4.2 million websites contain indecent images 100,000 websites contain indecent images of children Source: Ceop http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6333673.stm Now I might be thick as pig shit, but what the fuck will this achieve? Is a paedophile unable to get a new email address? It's an incentive that will cost money and achieve nothing but give Labour a few headlines that technophobes will swallow as something tangible. Boils my piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Exactly what I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Stop Sima posting if anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 mad - they're really all mad............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15870 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 "Shit, I've had to register sexyminxette69 with the authorities, I'd best start fancying adults now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Steve_Howey 0 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I know for a fact all my 10-13 y/o cousins register on websites as 16, sometimes even 18! Their chavette txt speak gives them away though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Why dont they just chemically castrate them all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 people like this do so much damage to families, i don't think chemical castration is enough. death penalty for them. definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11079 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 genuinely think it's a disfunction of the brain. Death wouldn't solve anything, instead there should be rigorous and lengthy tests done on every single convicted paedophile. using sharp pointy sticks and starving wolverines and Anne Widdecombe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 genuinely think it's a disfunction of the brain. Death wouldn't solve anything, instead there should be rigorous and lengthy tests done on every single convicted paedophile. using sharp pointy sticks and starving wolverines and Anne Widdecombe Did you see the tourettes show on channel 5? Looks like they'll soon be using electrical impulses to control it. Just like A Clockwork Orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Stop Sima posting if anything 14 year old Paedophile? how does that work then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Stop Sima posting if anything 14 year old Paedophile? how does that work then? I'd say a 14 year old could be classified as a paedophile if they had sex with a young child. No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 genuinely think it's a disfunction of the brain. Death wouldn't solve anything, instead there should be rigorous and lengthy tests done on every single convicted paedophile. using sharp pointy sticks and starving wolverines and Anne Widdecombe Did you see the tourettes show on channel 5? Looks like they'll soon be using electrical impulses to control it. Just like A Clockwork Orange. COOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11079 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Did you see the tourettes show on channel 5? Looks like they'll soon be using electrical impulses to control it. Just like A Clockwork Orange. I would have thought the lesson was explicit in that film... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Were gonna be a Police State anyway may aswell do it in style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Did you see the tourettes show on channel 5? Looks like they'll soon be using electrical impulses to control it. Just like A Clockwork Orange. I would have thought the lesson was explicit in that film... Book! The education standards these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Did you see the tourettes show on channel 5? Looks like they'll soon be using electrical impulses to control it. Just like A Clockwork Orange. I would have thought the lesson was explicit in that film... To be fair it wasn't suggested, just people with tourettes, OCD, phobia's, depression etc. could volunteer for the treatment. No suggestion it would be applied to criminals. I just thought paedophilia is a mental illness that could be 'cured' by similar methods so the debate might start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 The books better than the film like, Anthony Burgess - Penguin Classics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11079 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Did you see the tourettes show on channel 5? Looks like they'll soon be using electrical impulses to control it. Just like A Clockwork Orange. I would have thought the lesson was explicit in that film... Book! The education standards these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Stop Sima posting if anything 14 year old Paedophile? how does that work then? I'd say a 14 year old could be classified as a paedophile if they had sex with a young child. No? Yeah, I was just combining insults tbh. 14 year old having sex with a 15 year old? Paedophile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Stop Sima posting if anything 14 year old Paedophile? how does that work then? To easy tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15870 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Stop Sima posting if anything 14 year old Paedophile? how does that work then? I'd say a 14 year old could be classified as a paedophile if they had sex with a young child. No? Yeah, I was just combining insults tbh. 14 year old having sex with a 15 year old? Paedophile? Technically "yes", but then that opens up the whole paedophile vs. child abuser thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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