MySpace Deletes Sex Offender Profiles
Kenneth Li writes for Reuters:
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Popular online social network MySpace said on Tuesday it has identified, removed and blocked "a few thousand" user profiles of convicted sex offenders, as part of a program to protect its young members from adult predators.
The action comes a day after eight U.S. attorneys general demanded that the News Corp.-owned company hand over offenders' names and addresses, and delete their profiles from among MySpace's 175 million user base.
"We've made it clear we have a zero tolerance policy against convicted sex offenders," MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam said in a phone interview on Tuesday. "We've said numerous times that the goal was to delete them."
Nigam said he was puzzled over the law enforcement authorities' actions on Monday, which he said would require MySpace to break the law.
posted by Fergie @ 5/15/2007 07:53:00 PM
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