Operation Game Over Removes 2,100 Sex Offenders from Online Gaming

As part of Operation Game Over, a first-of-its-kind initiative to protect children from predators on online gaming networks, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that over 2,100 additional accounts of registered sex offenders have been purged from online gaming platforms.

Under New York State’s Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act, or E-STOP, convicted sex offenders must register all of their e-mail addresses, screen names, and other internet identifiers with the state.

That information is then made available to certain websites so they can purge potential predators from their online worlds. Operation Game Over is the first time E-STOP has been applied to online gaming platforms.