Pokémon GO leads NY Senators to propose legislation to safeguard kids from sex offenders

The following information comes from an informal investigation by New York Senators Jeffrey D. Klein and Diane J. Savino...

- took a list of 100 registered sex offenders across New York City and compared it PokeStops/Gyms
- in 59 cases, those locations were within half a block of offenders’ homes
- staff members who played the game for two weeks also found 57 Pokémon near the offenders’ homes
- the two senators will propose two pieces of legislation scheduled to be introduced next week
- the first would prevent moderate or high-risk sex offenders from playing augmented-reality games
- the second would require game creators to cross-reference lists of offenders’ homes and remove in-game activities from within 100 feet of those locations