MySpace deletes 29,000 sex offenders - Blizzard Sector

**Juke** · 07-28-2007, 02:55 PM

ZDnet.com

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.
Blumenthal, who led a coalition of state authorities to lobby MySpace for more stringent safeguards for minors, and other state AGs have demanded the service begin verifying a user's age and require parental permission for minors.
The minimum age to register on MySpace is 14.
"We're pleased that we've successfully identified and removed registered sex offenders from our site and hope that other social networking sites follow our lead," MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam said in a statement.
The service has come under attack over the past year after some of its young members fell prey to adult predators posing as minors. The families of several teenage girls sexually assaulted by MySpace members sued the service in January for failing to safeguard its young members.
Late last year, it struck a partnership with background verification company Sentinel Tech Holdings to co-develop the first U.S. national database of convicted sex offenders to make it easier to track offenders on the Internet.
Convicted sex offenders are required by law to register their contact information with local authorities. But the information has only been available on regional databases, making nationwide searches difficult.
As of May, there were about 600,000 registered sex offenders in the United States.

**skidude** · 07-28-2007, 05:44 PM

your next juke

**Nubli** · 07-28-2007, 05:57 PM

And yet they can't stop the random friend request from **** spam bots.

basic · 07-29-2007, 01:42 AM

How can it attract 60 million unique members from the United States? It would be over in 5 or 6 months lol.

**KazeCloud** · 07-29-2007, 05:09 AM

Those people are sick. I'm glad they have been gotten rid of.

**The Mob** · 07-30-2007, 02:03 AM

hah.. the random **** bots are always funny
facebook will be next

**streetsoldier707** · 07-30-2007, 02:53 AM

This doesn't surprise me, a girl I know met up with some 35 year old guy who posted himself as being 17, the pics he had of "himself", were of his younger brother lmao. Nothing happened to my freind, she's safe, but the guy idk what happened to him.

**Ragnarhox** · 07-30-2007, 04:21 AM

Won't they just remake their myspaces?

**The Mob** · 07-30-2007, 06:30 AM

im sure that they have their ip address logged and reported to the isp

**Grave** · 07-30-2007, 06:56 AM

Tech forum? Come on, moved.

**Daddy_XL** · 08-01-2007, 09:49 PM

funny that they didnt catch the rest of the registered offenders. GG for the new buyers of Myspace tho

**Ragnarhox** · 08-01-2007, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Mob

im sure that they have their ip address logged and reported to the isp

I doubt that all of the profiles deleted belonged to predators. There is a difference between sex offender and predator. These days sex offender has become a very broad term to label more than just rapists/pedophiles.

**Pamela** · 08-02-2007, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragnarhox

I doubt that all of the profiles deleted belonged to predators. There is a difference between sex offender and predator. These days sex offender has become a very broad term to label more than just rapists/pedophiles.

A sexual offender is not neccissarily a predator true.Some predators are con artists on the look out for people to scam,and "Prey" on their victims.

A rapist is a predator,and often adept at fooling people. I think of a pedaphile as a troll ,that stalks the very young to satisfy abnormal sexual fantasies.

**Blue** · 08-06-2007, 08:50 PM

Not everyone who is one is one. I knew of someone who was convicted sex offender, but the person who he got convicted of he is married to. Just because of a one year difference did he get convicted.

**Ragnarhox** · 08-07-2007, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pamela

A sexual offender is not neccissarily a predator true.Some predators are con artists on the look out for people to scam,and "Prey" on their victims.

A rapist is a predator,and often adept at fooling people. I think of a pedaphile as a troll ,that stalks the very young to satisfy abnormal sexual fantasies.

I find it creepy how you worded some of that...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueBleeder

Not everyone who is one is one. I knew of someone who was convicted sex offender, but the person who he got convicted of he is married to. Just because of a one year difference did he get convicted.

Yeah, there was a story of a person that might get ten years, statutory(sp?) rape, for a consensual bj.

**unknowndrummer6** · 08-19-2007, 12:19 AM

has there been any news on whether i migh errrr i mean they might get those accounts back?

**Aemaeth** · 08-19-2007, 04:54 AM

Aren't google the owners?

07-28-2007, 02:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Juke Status: MCP CCNA Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Akron Ohio Posts: 896 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 121 Spent time on board: 2 Days and 4:46:05 Hours Rep Power: 6	ZDnet.com 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. Blumenthal, who led a coalition of state authorities to lobby MySpace for more stringent safeguards for minors, and other state AGs have demanded the service begin verifying a user's age and require parental permission for minors. The minimum age to register on MySpace is 14. "We're pleased that we've successfully identified and removed registered sex offenders from our site and hope that other social networking sites follow our lead," MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam said in a statement. The service has come under attack over the past year after some of its young members fell prey to adult predators posing as minors. The families of several teenage girls sexually assaulted by MySpace members sued the service in January for failing to safeguard its young members. Late last year, it struck a partnership with background verification company Sentinel Tech Holdings to co-develop the first U.S. national database of convicted sex offenders to make it easier to track offenders on the Internet. Convicted sex offenders are required by law to register their contact information with local authorities. But the information has only been available on regional databases, making nationwide searches difficult. As of May, there were about 600,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. __________________

07-29-2007, 05:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
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The Mob Status: Tech Elder Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,461 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 202 Spent time on board: 4 Days and 2:58:07 Hours Rep Power: 7	hah.. the random **** bots are always funny facebook will be next __________________ US West SC/L-arowws5 BANNED US East SC/NL-arowws4 (rarely on) BANNED

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Ragnarhox Status: *** Elder Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hell Posts: 1,413** Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 86 Spent time on board: 2 Days and 7:27:19 Hours Rep Power: 7	Won't they just remake their myspaces? __________________ No compassion- like having a straight faced orgasm.

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The Mob Status: Tech Elder Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,461 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 202 Spent time on board: 4 Days and 2:58:07 Hours Rep Power: 7	im sure that they have their ip address logged and reported to the isp __________________ US West SC/L-arowws5 BANNED US East SC/NL-arowws4 (rarely on) BANNED

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skidude Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: greece Posts: 4,671 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 317 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 0 Days and 10:59:47 Hours Rep Power: 14	your next juke

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Nubli Status: *** Slave Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: California. Posts: 6,691** Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 80 Spent time on board: 18:52:07 Hours Rep Power: 18	And yet they can't stop the random friend request from **** spam bots.

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basic Status: Newcomer Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 0 Spent time on board: 1:24:09 Hours Rep Power: 0	How can it attract 60 million unique members from the United States? It would be over in 5 or 6 months lol.

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streetsoldier707 Status: Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 352 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 16 Spent time on board: 6:29:42 Hours Rep Power: 4	This doesn't surprise me, a girl I know met up with some 35 year old guy who posted himself as being 17, the pics he had of "himself", were of his younger brother lmao. Nothing happened to my freind, she's safe, but the guy idk what happened to him.

07-30-2007, 06:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
Grave Status: *** Ancient Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,850** Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 72 Spent time on board: 11:54:54 Hours Rep Power: 8	Tech forum? Come on, moved. __________________ http://myspace.com/dennis24k

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Daddy_XL Status: Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phx, Az Posts: 426 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 150 Spent time on board: 1 Day and 1:59:31 Hours Rep Power: 3	funny that they didnt catch the rest of the registered offenders. GG for the new buyers of Myspace tho

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Blue Status: uNvrHrdOfAMndAsPrvrtdAsMn Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: AloneInMyMind Posts: 2,740 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 433 Spent time on board: Days and :0:0 Hours Rep Power: 10	Not everyone who is one is one. I knew of someone who was convicted sex offender, but the person who he got convicted of he is married to. Just because of a one year difference did he get convicted. __________________

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unknowndrummer6 Status: Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: dunno Posts: 186 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0 Credits: 8 Spent time on board: 23:11:57 Hours Rep Power: 4	has there been any news on whether i migh errrr i mean they might get those accounts back?

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