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UK Propose Registering Screen Names with Police

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-england-you-only-get-one-online-name dept.

Oxygen99 writes "In a series of kneejerk suggestions following this online rape plot, the UK Home Secretary, Dr John Reid has suggested that offenders on the Sex Offenders Register should register their online identities with the police. According to a home office spokesman this means that offenders, 'online identities would be treated in exactly the same way as their real name'. So, just how misguided is this and who's going to be the first to tell him?"

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  1. actually... by bcb2114 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    if it were feasible (which it isn't) this might be a good idea. Sure we should in general be free to do what we please online, but that freedom rests on an implied right to safety. Rapists forfeit their online freedom and in the currently unregulated system they undermine our online rights. Good for the Brits for trying to make the web safe for everyone.