Why is it now the job of MySpace to enforce the law?
This is complete nonsense. Apparently it's now the job of MySpace.com to control online activity of convicted sex offenders.
MySpace.com will provide a number of state attorneys general with data on registered sex offenders who use the popular social networking Web site, the company said Monday.Here's a novel idea, why don't parents try monitoring the activity of their kids when they use the internet, instead of relying on a private company or the government.Attorneys general from eight states demanded last week that the company provide data on how many registered sex offenders are using the site and where they live. MySpace initially refused, citing federal privacy laws.
MySpace obtained the data from Sentinel Tech Holding Corp., which the company partnered with in December to build a database with information on sex offenders.
MySpace, owned by media conglomerate News Corp., said it had always planned to share the Sentinel data with law enforcement, adding it has already deleted the online profiles of sex offenders identified by the system.
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An excellent question! And, even more to the point, are former/registered sex offenders not allowed to use social networking sites? Are they banned from LinkedIn also? Facebook? Where do you draw the line? Apparently the current party line is that sex offenders can never be reformed...and thus they live their lives in desperate circumstances...which strikes me as ripe to lead them back to their original offense.
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