Although the social networking site originally refused the demand from North Carolina Attorney General, as well as several others from different states, MySpace is now agreeing to release information on registered sex offenders who used the site. 7,000 profiles have already been removed from MySpace.com, the popular social networking website.
Last Monday, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper sent a letter to MySpace. The letter was an attempt to request information about sex offenders on the website. However, due to the Electronic Communications and Privacy Act, MySpace couldn't provide that information without a subpoena.
The information on the sex offenders was obtained from Sentinel Hold Corp., the company that MySpace chose to partner with to develop Sentinel Safe, a means to weed out the sex offenders on the site.
The executive vice president and general counsel of MySpace, Mike Angus, has stated that arrangements have been made that will even allow law enforcement to use the software directly.
Many officials realise that this is just one small step. A large number of people who do commit crimes against children are not known sex offenders. Larry Magid, the found of SafeKids.com believes that identifying the high-risk kids and doing more in terms of education and counselling will be far more effective on a larger scale. |
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