Crackdown on paedophile web names

[Arwen]

Internet paedophiles could be forced to register all their online nicknames and email addresses with the authorities as part of a new crackdown.
Home Secretary John Reid said he hoped to bring in new laws which would force child sex perverts to disclose the details as part of a widening of the Sex Offenders Register.
He also ordered work to be carried out on the feasibility of an online alarm system which would notify police every time a convicted paedophile used registered details to log on to an internet chatroom, or any other site which could be used to "groom" victims.
Failure to divulge all email addresses and online aliases could lead to a maximum jail term of five years as a breach of Sex Offenders Register conditions.
Mr Reid said: "We already have probably the toughest regime in Europe for identifying sex offenders, keeping them on a register and protecting our children on the internet.
"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."
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.
Under the new proposal their online identities would be treated in exactly the same way as their real name, a Home Office spokesman said.
"The Home Secretary also wants to look at whether it is technologically feasible to set up a system where if someone enters a chatroom with an identity that was already listed on the register, it would 'ping' an alert on the relevant people's computers, enabling them to take appropriate action," he added.
Mr Reid is expected to reveal more details during a visit to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) centre.

Its good to see that something is being done about this,i know that as a parent i do worry about who my kids are talking too.I think its a great idea

[Setarime]

This is definitely a good idea, gives the perverts no-where to hide!!!!

And that is my 700th post

[stubacca68]

fantastic, but like it said on the news, it only takes a few seconds to create a new email, somebody has set up a scanning system in chat rooms so they can tell how quick a person is typing or how many words they use etc, again this is a great idea but one the sicko's will find a way round. but together we can help stop all this!

[TGLucario]

i agree....they'll find away round the system, the only other option is to also log there IP address!

[Oyabun]

Good idea for them crack those *******s down