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User ID: 236276 Sweden 05/14/2007 07:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 7 States Ask MySpace.com For Names, Addresses of Registered Sex Offenders RALEIGH, N.C. — Top law enforcement officers from seven states issued a letter to MySpace.com on Monday, asking the social networking site to turn over the names of registered sex offenders who use the service. The letter asks MySpace to provide information on how many registered sex offenders are using the site, and where they live. Attorneys general from North Carolina, Connecticut, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania signed the letter. Law enforcement agencies have identified more than 200 cases nationwide of children "lured out of their home by predators they met on MySpace," North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said a written statement Monday. In their letter, the attorneys general also asked that MySpace describe the steps it has taken to warn users about sex offenders and remove their profiles. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called the site a "virtual playground" for predators. "That combination of sex offenders and children is a recipe for tragedy," Blumenthal said. Myspace's policy prevents children under 14 from setting up profiles, but it relies on users to specify their ages. ..|.. |
magicfairy
User ID: 233777 United States 05/14/2007 07:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 7 States Ask MySpace.com For Names, Addresses of Registered Sex Offenders just wondering.... how would myspace know if any one is a sex offender. so this is it!!!!!! |
jlazarus
User ID: 185585 United States 05/14/2007 07:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 7 States Ask MySpace.com For Names, Addresses of Registered Sex Offenders just wondering.... how would myspace know if any one is a sex offender.
Quoting: magicfairyi was wondering the same thing. I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. ~ Robert Heinlein |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 233306 United States 05/14/2007 09:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 7 States Ask MySpace.com For Names, Addresses of Registered Sex Offenders
Very odd. First of all, as the story explains, MySpace users can give false information when setting up an account. One might presume that a sex offender would choose to sign up under a pseudonym. Secondly, if we assume that some predators have signed up with their real names, how are we to separate them from non-predators who just happen to have the same name? |