3 posts and columns on sex offender

4,500 Accounts Punted in Facebook-MySpace Perv Purge

in News on December 1, 2009 at 12:37 pm PT

Thousands of sex offenders in New York have had their Facebook and MySpace accounts disabled under a New York State law passed last year that requires them to register their emails and online aliases with the state. Some 4,500 registered offenders have been kicked off the sites in recent weeks–2,782 from Facebook and 1,796 from MySpace.

MySpace: A Place for "Friends"

in News on February 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm PT

Well this casts MySpace’s user-engagement metrics in a whole new light… The social network today said it has identified and ousted 90,000 sex offenders–40,000 more than it reported last year when it was subpoenaed by the Connecticut Attorney General’s office as part of an effort to protect minors on social-networking sites.

MySpace: A Place for “Friends”

in News on February 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm PT

Well this casts MySpace’s user-engagement metrics in a whole new light… The social network today said it has identified and ousted 90,000 sex offenders–40,000 more than it reported last year when it was subpoenaed by the Connecticut Attorney General’s office as part of an effort to protect minors on social-networking sites.