MySpace reports 29,000 Sex Offenders with accounts

[Mish]

This is crazy, but totally believable...

MySpace Deletes 29,000 Accounts

[freechess]

well i hope they got it right if not. they are can be sued for liable

personally i think 29,000 is a lowball number

[sparke002]

shaking my head because i beleive it....i stopped doing work at My Space...it's just too crazy..all those young kids...

[Dupont]

damn.. but not too surprised

[littleturtle]

about time they did something about this.

[Sabby]

I'm thinking its probably also NOT a good idea to violate their TOS and link any adult sites or adult web stars?

A non nude Bikini/Lingerie Model site might be ok though.


Sabby

[ScreaM]

Originally Posted by sparke002

shaking my head because i beleive it....i stopped doing work at My Space...it's just too crazy..all those young kids...

I use MySpace too and I'm not a young kid.

[Mish]

Originally Posted by ScreaM

I use MySpace too and I'm not a young kid.

And on the flip side of that, you also have the 14yo girl that thinks it's cool to create a profile that identifies her as a 21yo stripper. I have seen some of my friends' nieces' sites and they're downright scary. I have another friend who created an account just to monitor his 16yo daughter...

I have such a major problem with that site because they have NO identity OR age verification systems in place.... Sure, they can tout that they deleted 29,000 sex offender accounts, but what about all the rest that were smart enough to register their account(S) under different aliases... there is nothing to stop anyone from doing that on that site.

Between this, the overwhelming spam, and the advertising dump that place has become, they are going to experience a major struggle to maintain their placement among the new social sites launching daily.

[ScreaM]

Originally Posted by Mish

And on the flip side of that, you also have the 14yo girl that thinks it's cool to create a profile that identifies her as a 21yo stripper. I have seen some of my friends' nieces' sites and they're downright scary. I have another friend who created an account just to monitor his 16yo daughter...

I have such a major problem with that site because they have NO identity OR age verification systems in place.... Sure, they can tout that they deleted 29,000 sex offender accounts, but what about all the rest that were smart enough to register their account(S) under different aliases... there is nothing to stop anyone from doing that on that site.

Between this, the overwhelming spam, and the advertising dump that place has become, they are going to experience a major struggle to maintain their placement among the new social sites launching daily.

Nice post. It contradicts your title text btw.

[Mish]

Originally Posted by ScreaM

Nice post. It contradicts your title text btw.

lol... which part?

[ScreaM]

Originally Posted by Mish

lol... which part?

Full of useless knowledge

You have some useful knowledge too.

[LezGeri]

The police in the UK do not agree with this action and are refusing to share information about sex offenders with sites such as MySpace and Bebo.

Report from Times Online

Sex offenders can use social sites, say police

Convicted sex offenders should not be prevented from using social networking sites such as MySpace, Scotland Yard said yesterday.

The Metropolitan Police was responding to an announcement by MySpace that it had removed 29,000 convicted sex offenders from its user base in America after cross-checking its members against publicly available sex-offender databases.

The force said that it had no plans to share information about sex offenders with sites such as MySpace and Bebo with a view to having the profiles of such people taken down. "Just because you're a convicted offender doesn't mean you're still offending," a spokeswoman said. "Why would we pursue them in this way? These are people who have served their time."

Scotland Yard's position was backed up by the Home Office, which said it was "not intending to disclose lists of registered sex offenders to individuals or organisations not directly at risk or concerned with law enforcement".
Whole article here:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle2137973.ece