NY: Cuomo: Make Sex Offenders Disclose Dating, Gaming User Names
New York’s governor says convicted sex offenders should be required to disclose their social media screen names to prevent them from using apps to exploit children.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that existing laws targeting online predation don’t account for new technology. His proposal, unveiled as part of his State of the State agenda, would require sex offenders to hand over screen names for dating and gaming apps, as well.
The Democrat’s proposed legislation would also make it a crime for convicted sex offenders to misrepresent themselves online.
Cuomo says sex offenders currently only have to provide the state with information for their social media accounts. The state compiles that information into a list and sends it to certain social networking companies which have used it to purge accounts.
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I thought the Supreme Court approved Sex Offenders right to use the internet, participate on different sites – legal that is – and be apart of our great society. It sounds like, as others have said, the state is legislating SOFs into a corner so that one misstep and bam! you’re back in prison for life. I may live in a different state, which I’ll leave unnamed to prevent retaliation, but I fear these kinds of legislation only encourages other states to find equal or worse laws to further down trod those who want nothing more than to become apart of society and obey the law.
Richard – the Supreme Court said that the state could not block access to social media to someone (not on probation). This bill does not block their access, but requires their identifiers be registered. Apparently NY might provide the identifiers to the private social media/dating company, who can delete the person’s profile.
It is an end run around the Packingham decision. I’m waiting for the Millard v. Rankin decision in the 10th Circuit. That court is certainly taking its time, as oral arguments were 13 months ago.
If the court decides that SORA constitutes unconstitutional punishment, the “civil regulatory” sham will crack in the 10th. That is at least until the government appeals to the Supreme Court.
Also gaming apps
I understand social media companies have a right to restrict who can access their sites (though a good argument can be made as to why they should NOT be allowed to do so) but can the state help them in that endeavor simply out of a fear that they might (though probably will not) engage in some illegal conduct?
Only corrupt, criminal regimes have $EX Offender Registries. Only truly stupid anti-Americans think Registries are significantly useful or acceptable in any way. It is trivial to prove they are not.
Criminal regimes requiring “internet identifiers” is even dumber than the Registries themselves. Whatever the risk level is of a person, adult or child, being online in any capacity, is not changed in any useful or significant way by trying to keep even 10,000,000 of the “worst of the worst” people offline. Again, only a true dipshit could think otherwise. You could encounter ANYONE online. And for the billionth time, people who have nefarious intents aren’t concerned about telling big government what they are doing. They won’t.
The Registries are a weapon of war. Big government has created their hit list and they are running an incessant, lying propaganda campaign to get as many people, companies, organizations, etc. as possible to harass the people on the list and implement their apartheid.
I promise though that the more crimes that big government commits, the more that I will be around all kinds of people 100% anonymously. I will today far more than usual. I will more for most of the next few weeks as well. That is the proper, moral response. The Registries are a war that big government lost long ago.
Problem is laws are continually passed like this with no statistics in place showing whether they are effective or not. All they need is one arrest to show it works and they are keeping people safe. The major obstacle is going to be overcoming the notion that reason recividism is low for offenders is because of these laws. The reason we don’t reoffend is because people have the right to know who lives around them and that’s why all our information is public. It will always be a battle of public opinion. If I talk to someone about another type of crime, say cars getting broken into. I mention it would be nice to have a registry of who all has done that. If course I don’t want that, but maybe it will make people think. As it is now, they are right in their eyes. We won’t over come that easily.
“ The major obstacle is going to be overcoming the notion that reason recividism is low for offenders is because of these laws…”
And this is why we need to look at recidivism rates PRIOR to Megan’s Law. If they were still low before the coming of the registry, then that could help to blow large holes in their political lies.
Recidivism was low prior to the registry as well.
Yep, and again, it doesn’t matter if the rate is 5% or 80%. If you have a “solution” that doesn’t affect it, then it is idiotic. And obviously the Registries are seriously harming Amerika across the board. People who support Registries gave our country cancer.
Registries are all about looking like you are doing something good instead of actually doing something good. Shame they are so damaging.
“A study conducted in Florida, comparing sexual reoffense rates in the eight years before and the eight years after FSORNA’s original passage, found no statistically significant difference in those rates. These results are consistent with studies conducted in other states.”
From our second amended filing in Does v Swearingen (the ex post facto plus challenge).
Im waiting for the time they put big flags on a persons credit report that will just about destroy it all, bad enough members of the club have to suffer the same segregation people of color had too
people claims foul to put a sex offender in congress but that is the first step to #abolish the registry, and possible best ally to get it done,
I am glad someone else has thought about that. The one thing I have left is my credit score. If they start using past criminal history as a factor in it, we are all screwed.
I do not have any money but I am credit rich. I get offers all the time to buy a new car with just my credit. That would be great if I could actually get a job somewhere to actually buy things. All the places I use to work no longer allow anyone with a criminal record even if it is 30 years ago.
The best you can do is if you have a skill like an electrician, some small companies might hire you as a helper. Most large companies do not want the risk of being sued if you were to do something.
When attend church I got to a really big church where you blend in and no one gets into your business.
same here Jack and to be honest even being off you still pay and pay I have 4 yr old daughter with me in states her Mama cant come here In Pinas, cause of a 30 yr old Adjudication withhold (underage dating)
yes I took a Plea at that time there was no such AWA or registry what I know know back in the day I would of fought and beat the charge
#experenced
Putting an ro in Congress would only make it worse because he would be trying to prove to everyone how changed he is and tuff on registrants. Just like the rest of the hypocrites.
actually anytime auto insurance looks at your driving record in fl they see SEX Offender
wounder how much more that cost’s in insurance also i’m sure lots of other people view it as the state makes $$$ selling dr. lic. records to private companies and there may as well already be a secret marking on credit report
I just had that happen. After 28 years of a clean driving record with the same company, for no reason my insurance sent me a letter of “Non renewal” When I called they said they could not disclose the reason.
I hope and pray you sue for the information… and when you find out it’s because of your criminal history, sue for using that information in a malicious way.
Well I cannot prove that was the reason. However, I have not had a ticket or a wreck in the 28 years I have had that insurance. Only claim ever filed was a windshield that they replaced for free. That was over 10 years ago. I pay all my bills before they are due. I did call a second person and all they said was I live in a high crime area so the risk factors for everyone in Florida have been changed recently.
Also I used an agent to sign up all those years ago and she said to call her when my policy ends ( I am paid until February 1st ) and they would help me find a new policy.
Jack not sure it this will work but FOIA file 1 on the insurance company they have to give you what you ask for I used it several times myself but again it was against USG AWC for traveling, our problem is Money
A criminal record of ANY kind should NEVER have an effect on a credit score. As long as you pay your bills on time it’s frankly none of their business what “dirt” you may have in your past. This is truly getting ridiculous. I’m sure they don’t care about anything other than sex offenses. Somethings truly wrong here.
Cuomo is only doing this because he is running for President of the United States in the 2020 election. If not, why didn’t push this law sooner? Completely political.
How do law makers pass laws with absolutely no statistics to back up the logic behind a law. The real idiots here are the other legislators that are willing to vote for such empty nonsense that some scam artist is cramming up there a$$$.
And there’s the Democrats for ya. Seems neither party is going to be honest about the issue so perhaps it’s not such a bad thing that we can’t vote in certain states. What difference would it make anyway?
By the way, someone commented that it won’t make a difference. At least he gets it.