This is an extremely volatile issue in many areas. I can see the concerns and the issues on both sides. Personally I like the idea of severely limiting convicted pedophiles from access to children. However, I also understand that this is a very difficult task in this digital age. I am also aware of the fact that while Facebook requires users to be technically above the age of a juvenile in order to open an account, we all know people that allow children as young as 9 and 10 to have accounts. I don't know anything about how MySpace or the others handle this as I do not participate in them.
Unfortunately that single fact makes this even more difficult. I think if Facebook would assist in this issue by developing some way of establishing and verifying that parental consent was provided to their child in order to have a Facebook page then the childs' true age would be displayed. Laws could then be created that required all of these convicted offender's to register their Facebook page with an outside independent agency that had the ability to randomly visit their pages and view all of their friends. If there is anyone there that falls into their restricted area there is cause to force them to deactivate their account and be treated the same as if they violated probation. It's not the complete answer but it would be a start.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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