2 Senators who have never heard of free Web email accounts

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Bill would make sex offenders submit e-mail addresses
http://news.com.com/Bill+would+make+sex+offenders+submit+e-mail+addresses/21
00-1028_3-6141947.html?tag=nefd.top

Two U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation that
would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News
Corp's MySpace from registered sex offenders.

New York Democrat Charles E. Schumer and Arizona Republican John McCain, in
a press release, said they planned to introduce a bill at the beginning of
the 110th Congress in January that would require registered sex offenders to
submit their active e-mail addresses to law enforcement. 

The legislation would enable social networking sites like MySpace to
cross-check new members against a database of registered sex offenders and
ensure that predators are unable to sign up for the service. 

Under the proposed legislation, any sex offender who submits a fraudulent
e-mail could face prison. 

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