States ask MySpace for details on sex offenders

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:27 pm

[web]https://www.reuters.com/article/domestic ... 4520070514[/web]

Post by **faceless** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:31 pm

doesn't seem to work for me

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:36 pm

faceless wrote:doesn't seem to work for me

Beware of double meanings ... you mean Myspace didn't work for you, or the link didn't work.

I don't personally use MySpace.

GG's page on myspace is :
https://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =108431693

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:37 pm

heres the Link .....

https://www.reuters.com/article/domestic ... 4520070514

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:38 pm

Mandy wrote:
faceless wrote:doesn't seem to work for me
Beware of double meanings ... you mean Myspace didn't work for you, or the link didn't work.

smiles i was not sure either !!!!!!

Post by **faceless** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:46 pm

that link doesn't work either - it just gives me a blank page, I'll try it in IE. Nope, no luck there either - is it a video file?

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:54 pm

here u go face ......

States ask MySpace for details on sex offenders
Mon May 14, 2007 12:38PM EDT
BOSTON (Reuters) - Eight U.S. attorneys general on Monday demanded that MySpace hand over to authorities the names and addresses of thousands of convicted sex offenders they say are using the social networking Web site to contact children.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal along with his counterparts in seven other states made the demand in a letter to the unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

He said that he learned of the large number of sex offenders on the site as a result of a company investigation, but did not make clear his source.

"Mixing sex offenders with children on MySpace is a recipe for tragedy," Blumenthal said in a statement. "MySpace is more than a place for friends to meet. It's a playground for predators."

The attorneys general of Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and New Hampshire also signed a letter to the company asking it to turn over information.

The Web site has come under criticism for not doing enough to protect young people using the site from adult sexual predators who pose as teens.

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Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:58 pm

Direct link works for me in both FF & IE. Embed also works. Looks like a standard page to me .. though unsure how their server handles a URL without a file extension.

Post by **faceless** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:02 pm

well it didn't work for me at all - so who knows what it was.

Interesting story though, but I wonder why MySpace even has to be asked.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:06 pm

faceless wrote:Interesting story though, but I wonder why MySpace even has to be asked.

My thoughts as well .. since US regime can ask for information under a gag order (and/or get the information from the ISP or router traffic)

Especially as it seems to be tipping off the offenders. Probably a scare story to make people think they care and/or are doing something about paedophiles.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:48 pm

It took a while to load for me too, but it did eventually work...

luke · Post by **luke** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:58 pm

Mandy wrote:My thoughts as well .. since US regime can ask for information under a gag order (and/or get the information from the ISP or router traffic)

Especially as it seems to be tipping off the offenders. Probably a scare story to make people think they care and/or are doing something about paedophiles.

just a thought ... we know the powers that be want to get more control over the internet, but if you asked the public now to give over control of the internet - they'd be against, so you create a problem - the internet as it is is a breeding ground for sex offenders, wait for the reaction - somethings gotta be done to crack down on the internet and make it safer - and offer the solution of a more controlled regulated internet ...

Post by **Skylace** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:00 pm

luke wrote:
Mandy wrote:My thoughts as well .. since US regime can ask for information under a gag order (and/or get the information from the ISP or router traffic)

Especially as it seems to be tipping off the offenders. Probably a scare story to make people think they care and/or are doing something about paedophiles.
just a thought ... we know the powers that be want to get more control over the internet, but if you asked the public now to give over control of the internet - they'd be against, so you create a problem - the internet as it is is a breeding ground for sex offenders, wait for the reaction - somethings gotta be done to crack down on the internet and make it safer - and offer the solution of a more controlled regulated internet ...

That was pretty much my thought luke.

Post by **faceless** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:10 pm

This site is one of few that insists on a traceable email before an account is allowed. Why don't they? If you just open the doors to everyone then you're responsible for what happens - people who are genuine aren't bothered by a one-off check.

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:34 pm

I'm all for tighter regulations on internet access in the interests of child protection, but I just don't see it as feasible. I don't get how it would work. Are we talking about having to provide proof of ID equivalent to that of online gambling sites for people to set up a blog, or what?

I'm much more enthusiastic about killing things at the root, rather than constantly trying to trim the ever faster growing shoots.