The government have an idea to ban sex offenders from social networking sites so they can't encounter children.
I have a feeling they're doing it to try and look tough on law and order, since it also comes around the time of the 42 day detention without charge, where some Labour members are trying to make the Conservatives look weak (but that's another thread and lets keep the debate about the specifics to there).
I don't think they understand just how easy it is to set up an e-mail account. They'd only know about the new e-mail if the sex offender was caught, in which case what's the point in banning the e-mail address in the first place.
I feel that it may send them underground into less known social networking sites, that won't be enforcing this like Facebook, Myspace ect will. Therefore they'll be much harder to catch, making children less safe.
BBC NEWS | UK | Sex offenders face website bans