The online-gaming community sets the bar pretty low for membership, and that?s a problem for New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who feels online gaming is all too often a haven for convicted sex offenders. To cut down on the amount of creeps paling around with kids in cyberspace, Schneiderman?s office is teaming up with gaming bigwigs Microsoft, Disney, Apple, Blizzard, EA, Warner Bros., and Sony to ban known predators from gaming networks.
The initiative, dubbed Operation: Game Over, checks New York?s database of convicted sex offenders? online identities, which they?re required to provide, against the membership of participating companies? online networks. Matches are banned, and some 4,000 have already been purged to date.
?We must ensure online video game systems do not become a digital playground for dangerous predators,? Schneiderman said in a statement. ?That means doing everything possible to block sex offenders from using gaming networks as a vehicle to prey on underage victims. I applaud all the companies participating in this first-of-its-kind initiative for taking online safety seriously and purging their networks of sex offenders. Together we are making the online community safer for our children, not allowing it to become a 21st century crime scene.?
Microsoft said it was only too happy to work with New York in eliminating sex predators.
Our partnership with the Office of the New York Attorney General helps further this cause. By leveraging the online identity information all registered sex offenders are required to provide, we are able to help reduce potentially harmful situations, We?re supportive of Attorney General Schneiderman?s efforts to make the Internet, including online gaming environments like Xbox LIVE, safer for everyone.
Source: Forbes
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