MySpace sex offenders list
p2pnet.net news:- Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace.com has been asked to turn over the names of registered sex offenders who log onto the site.
Attorneys general from eight US states want MySpace to know how many registered sex offenders use MySpace, and where they live.
North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper signed the letter, along with AGs from Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania, says the Los Angeles Times.
Cooper’s office said media outlets in 2006 “reported almost 100 criminal incidents across the country involving adults who used MySpace to prey or attempt to prey on children,” according to the story.
Last December, “MySpace announced it was working with Sentinel Tech Holding to build a database with information on sex offenders in the United States,” says the Associated Press, adding, “Software to identify and remove sex offenders from the site was launched in early May, MySpace officials said Monday in a statement.
“It is our understanding that the data from Sentinel reveals that thousands of known sex offenders have been confirmed as MySpace members,” the letter from the attorneys general said.
Also See:
Los Angeles Times – MySpace is asked to reveal names of sex offenders, May 15, 2007
Associated Press – Sex-offender data sought, May 15, 2007
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