Registered Sex Offenders Banished from Online Gaming Sites
Video game companies like Sony’s PlayStation Network, Microsoft’s xbox live, Electronic Arts, Warner Brothers, Apple, Blizzard Entertainment and Disney Interactive Media Group, have decided to shut down the accounts of registered sex offenders in the state of New York, to prevent unsuspecting children from having contact with these offenders. New York is the first state to ban sex offenders from online gaming sites.
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