Tuesday, December 05, 2006

MySpace Building Sex Offender Database

An AP newswire article, via CNN, reports that:

MySpace, the popular online hangout that has drawn complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens, said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders.

MySpace is partnering with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. to build a database containing names, physical descriptions and other identifiable details on sex offenders in the United States.

The News Corp. site, however, stopped short of adopting Sentinel's technology for verifying the ages and identities of its users.

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