MySpace: 90,000 sex offenders removed in two years

The online networking site MySpace has identified and barred some 90,000 registered sex offenders from using the site over the last two years, MySpace revealed to an investigative task force on Tuesday.The “shocking” number was 40,000 more than MySpace had previously acknowledged, according to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a co-chairman of the task force of state attorneys general looking into sex offenders’ use of social networking.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/04/2481902.htm90,000 sex offenders identified on MySpace
MySpace, the social networking web site, has identified and removed 90,000 registered sex offenders in the past two years, the company said last night.The company said it was sending details of the offenders who were now blocked from using the site to law enforcement agencies in the US. MySpace had 125 million unique visitors in December, according to ComScore.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5655416.eceMySpace turns over 90,000 names of registered sex offenders
MySpace provided two state attorneys general the names of 90,000 registered sex offenders it had banned from its site in response to a subpoena.The figure is 40,000 more than the amount previously acknowledged by MySpace, according to Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who along with Attorney General Roy Cooper of North Carolina are among officials pressing social networking sites to adopt more stringent safety measures.
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http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/technology/04myspace.phpMySpace, Facebook, spar over family safety
MySpace announced on Tuesday that it has deleted 90,000 accounts owned by registered sex offenders. It’s good news for families, for MySpace, and for the state attorney general of Connecticut, who demanded last month that the News Corp.-owned social network turn over a roster of names.It’s especially good news for Sentinel, the security company that MySpace used to track down the accounts. And now Sentinel appears to be trying to take advantage of its success with MySpace into a PR campaign partly aimed at getting Facebook into signing a contract as well.
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