MySpace hands over known sex offenders (1 Viewer)

[Born2baplacebo]

Parents, children and all decent people can breathe a sigh of relief that at least 7000 known sex offenders in the US have been weeded out and barred from using popular social networking site MySpace. They can also feel more comfortable knowing that the offenders's details have been handed over to authorities in accordance with US laws. However, a number of questions have yet to be asked and, thus, remain unanswered.


MySpace, with 180 million registered profiles and still growing, is possibly the world's largest social networking phenomenon. The US with a population approaching 300 million has an estimated 600,000 registered sex offenders and quite possibly some multiple of that who are unknown and unregistered. This then begs the question of how many unregistered sex offenders and potential would be predators still have profiles on the MySpace site.

MySpace has done an admirable job of weeding out known undesirables. However, it is arguably the unknown that poses the biggest threat to the safety of our young and defenseless.

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12377/1023/



thoughts ...

 

[Atonofrash]

A sad day for the internet.

 

[ur_inner_child]

Oh outrage! Sex offenders having websites!

Disregard msn, chat, facebook, other internet social pages... Sex offenders on Myspace? How dare they!

I don't mind if they ban myspace from schools etc. It's a waste of time.

 

[Ranger Stacie]

sex offenders could still use myspace anonymously?

 

[xsjado]

I don't mind if they ban myspace from schools etc. It's a waste of time.

It is... atleast at my school...