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MySpace deletes 29,000 sex offenders
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by Leonard Brody | July 25, 2007 at 09:26 am
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Great...now what the hell are you going to do on MySpace?
Popular Internet social network MySpace said on Tuesday it detected and deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders on its service, more than four times the figure it had initially reported.The company, owned by media conglomerate News Corp, said in May it had deleted about 7,000 user profiles that belonged to convicted offenders. MySpace attracts about 60 million unique visitors monthly in the United States.
The new information was first revealed by U.S. state authorities after MySpace turned over information on convicted sex offenders it had removed from the service.
"The exploding epidemic of sex offender profiles on MySpace -- 29,000 and counting -- screams for action," Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in a statement.
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at 12:56 on July 25th, 2007
Why didn't they catch them before?
at 12:15 on July 26th, 2007
MySpace is littered with such people. The challenge in weeding out the dangerous elements without imposing on the privacy of others. Perhaps addressing the causes and warning signs would lead to more education and preventative measures. Obviously such individuals are in serious need of psychological help.
at 17:57 on July 27th, 2007
Helps if you check to see if stories have been covered before....this has
at 16:07 on August 3rd, 2007
I heard that Remington and Winchester amongst other Fine Corporations have developed a cure for sex offenders, the cure is legal, unfortunately the Government says the delivery system method is illegal.