Disturbing news story, especially for parents.

[stolat]

LEGISLATION that will ban pedophiles from using the internet passed the Upper House last night.

The Family First Bill give courts the power to prevent pedophiles accessing the internet and police the ability to enter the house of a convicted pedophile and seized their computer at any time if they have "reasonable suspicion".

"At any given time the best data we have says there are 50,000 pedophiles trawling the internet looking for children to prey upon," Mr Hood said.

"This will make a substantial difference."

The Bill is now expected to pass the Lower House when Parliament resumes in September.

Source: The Advertiser 2nd August 2007 (Australia)
By Nick Henderson, State Political Reporter

Just when u think the planet can't get any weirder or worse.............

[stolat]

Of course, the key word here is convicted paedophile.

It can't turn into a witch hunt, of course!

[AxlsMainMan]

I fail to see how '"freedom of speech" prevents pedophiles from taking a strolls around a public parks where children no doubt frequent.

[Mama Kin]

A good prosecutor should be able to make a case for soliciting, in Australia anyway........

I know Americas legal system is completely different to the one in Australia - I should have thought that Canada's would be similar to Australia's system.

I think prosecutors in America only get cases depending upon previous successes.

Needlessly, to say, this guy is obviously being watched very closely.

We have court rulings in Canada declaring child porn has artist merit.

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Yes, he's putting up pictures of children and informing other paedophiles of the best palces to find children. If that aint soliciting........

But he isn't, as far as the article reported, telling them to do anything illegal with children nor offering means, opportunity or even advice on how to do something illegal with children or adults. So he isn't soliciting. He's being far more insidious.