New Scrutiny for Facebook Over Predators

Facebook, the online social network, has stolen some of MySpace’s momentum with users and the news media. Now, it is being subjected to the same accusations that it does not do enough to keep sexual predators off its site.Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s attorney general, said that investigators in his state were looking into “three or more” cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook and had “also found inappropriate images and content” on the service. The inquiry continues, he said, and state officials have contacted Facebook and asked it to remove the profiles.
http://nytimes.com/2007/07/30/business/media/30facebook.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/alarm-over-facebook-predators/2007/07/31/1185647889575.html

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