MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on its site

[One2Snoop]

NC AG: MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on its site, 4 times figure previously disclosed
7/24/2007 11:51 am

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site -- more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, North Carolina officials said Tuesday.

North Carolina's Roy Cooper is one of several attorneys general who recently demanded the News Corp.-owned Web site provide data on how many registered sex offenders were using the site, along with information about where they live.

After initially withholding the information, citing federal privacy laws, MySpace began sharing the information in May after the states filed formal legal requests.

At the time, MySpace said it had already used a database it helped create to remove about 7,000 profiles of sex offenders, out of a total of about 180 million profiles on the site.

Two MySpace spokeswomen did not immediately return calls seeking comment Tuesday.

Cooper is pushing for legislation that would require children to receive parental permission before creating social networking profiles, and require the Web sites to enact procedures for verifying the parents' identity and age.

http://www.madison.com/tct/news//202592

[I'mSun]

Originally Posted by One2Snoop

NC AG: MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on its site, 4 times figure previously disclosed
7/24/2007 11:51 am

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site -- more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, North Carolina officials said Tuesday.

North Carolina's Roy Cooper is one of several attorneys general who recently demanded the News Corp.-owned Web site provide data on how many registered sex offenders were using the site, along with information about where they live.

After initially withholding the information, citing federal privacy laws, MySpace began sharing the information in May after the states filed formal legal requests.

At the time, MySpace said it had already used a database it helped create to remove about 7,000 profiles of sex offenders, out of a total of about 180 million profiles on the site.

Two MySpace spokeswomen did not immediately return calls seeking comment Tuesday.

Cooper is pushing for legislation that would require children to receive parental permission before creating social networking profiles, and require the Web sites to enact procedures for verifying the parents' identity and age.

http://www.madison.com/tct/news//202592

Thanks for the information, Snoop. 29,000 - imagine!! That is disgusting. Perhaps registered sex offenders should not be allowed to have internet access.