New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned registered sex offenders from using Pokémon Go in the state.
“Protecting New York’s children is priority number one and, as technology evolves, we must ensure these advances don’t become new avenues for dangerous predators to prey on new victims,” Governor Cuomo wrote.
“These actions will provide safeguards for the players of these augmented reality games and help take one more tool away from those seeking to do harm to our children.”
This move by Cuomo is the latest in a long line of moves made to track sex offenders’ online activity in the state of the New York. His office maintains the legislation in play has banned over 18,000 registered sex offenders from 40 different social media sites or apps. Pokémon Go is one more to add to the list.
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