About time they did this - Myspace is one thing sex offenders should NOT have access to.




Reacting quickly to a letter from the attorneys general of eight states, the popular social-networking site MySpace announced that it had deleted "a few thousand" profiles of convicted sex offenders from its online community.

However, MySpace said that it was barred by the provisions of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act from releasing additional private information about the account holders without a subpoena.

In a statement e-mailed to news outlets, MySpace officials said that they are "doing everything short of breaking the law to ensure that the information about these predators gets to the proper authorities."

Ongoing Predator Problem

The issue of sexual predators using MySpace as a tool to identify and contact potential victims has plagued the site for the past several years. In an October 2006 article referenced by the attorneys general, Wired Magazine reporter Kevin Poulson wrote a short computer program to match known sex offenders with MySpace account holders, and turned up 744 hits.....
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/MySpace-Deletes-Sex-Offender-Accounts/story.xhtml?story_id=1000096ULK9K

Maye it would be better to delete the sex offenders.

!!! i better see if my page is still there!

!!! i better see if my page is still there!
All my friends are gone. :(

How can they be sure who is or isn't a sex offender? Yes they could catch all registered sex offenders but how many have gone undetected or not charged of a crime yet. They are just lying and waiting to make a move.

What happens then?

How can they be sure who is or isn't a sex offender? Yes they could catch all registered sex offenders but how many have gone undetected or not charged of a crime yet. They are just lying and waiting to make a move.

What happens then?

The same thing that happens with the rest of the population. Every single person is potentially a sex offender.

All my friends are gone. :(

:lolhit:

Myspace = Toy's R Us for Sex Offenders

I guess telling your kids NOT to meet anyone from online is out of the question? They all know not to take candy from strangers or not to get into a strangers car. Maybe these kids need to use a little common sense too.

How can they be sure who is or isn't a sex offender? Yes they could catch all registered sex offenders but how many have gone undetected or not charged of a crime yet. They are just lying and waiting to make a move.

What happens then?
then i guess i get deleted too:(

I guess telling your kids NOT to meet anyone from online is out of the question? They all know not to take candy from strangers or not to get into a strangers car. Maybe these kids need to use a little common sense too.
everyone knows that strangers have the best candy:D

!!! i better see if my page is still there!Ah man!!

everyone knows that strangers have the best candy

THEY DO??!!
Dam, I been getting screwed all these years, thanks mom. I'm going with the next one who offers.

Toy's R Us for Sex Offenders
Perhaps for "Lil Myspace."

THEY DO??!!
Dam, I been getting screwed all these years, thanks mom. I'm going with the next one who offers.

*waves a bag of skittles in front of Genzo*

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3941/kitchendanceqq4.gif

Corey? i think that belongs on picture post.

you have a remarkably clean kitchen for a single guy, BTW:thumbs:

*waves a bag of skittles in front of Genzo*

mmmmm....Skittles. Be back in a lil while ma, I'm goin with my new friend.

Corey? i think that belongs on picture post.

you have a remarkably clean kitchen for a single guy, BTW:thumbs:


that's not me, that's fool

*waves a bag of skittles in front of Genzo*
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that's not me, that's fool
what was Fool doing in your kitchen?:eek:

what was Fool doing in your kitchen?:eek:

my kitchen was redone before i decided to become a squatter. it's mine mine mine!!!