Online Predators on Social Networks

Parents in Louisiana will have some help when it comes to monitoring online predators on their kids’ social networking accounts. Beginning in August, registered sex offenders in Louisiana will be required to reveal his or her criminal status on all their social networking accounts.

According to Act 385 which expands House Bill 249, a registered sex offender has to enter that he is a sex offender, state the reason for conviction, address and physical description of himself. All this information must be enter in his profile on all social networking accounts and if it is not he will face up to 10 years of hard labor in prison, a felony charge and $1000 fine.

Even with this new Act, parents still need to have a watchful eye on their teen’s social networking accounts since not all sex offenders will register their pertinent information.

Do you think this Act will help decrease the online predator cases coming from social networking sites?