8 U.S. states fault MySpace on sex offenders

Some of the top law enforcement officials in the United States are asserting that the online social network MySpace has discovered thousands of known sex offenders using its service but that it has failed to act on the information. In a letter sent on Monday to a lawyer for MySpace, a division of News Corp., attorneys general from eight states said that MySpace had not done enough to block sexual predators from the service and that it had failed to cooperate with the authorities.

Some of the top law enforcement officials in the United States are asserting that the online social network MySpace has discovered thousands of known sex offenders using its service but that it has failed to act on the information.In a letter sent on Monday to a lawyer for MySpace, a division of News Corp., attorneys general from eight states said that MySpace had not done enough to block sexual predators from the service and that it had failed to cooperate with the authorities.http://iht.com/articles/2007/05/15/business/myspace.phphttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/technology/15myspace.html

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