Tag: SEX OFFENDERS

Over 3,500 convicted New York sex offenders have been kicked off social networks this week. It is the first time that the new 'e-STOP' (Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators) act of 2008 has actually been used, and we can only assume that more sex pests will be rounded up and shuffled off and away from the poor, innocent, defenseless Cyberspace kiddies in due course. Under the new ...

If you thought Facebook was immune to the sort of sexual predators known to be lurking on Myspace, think again. According to the New York Times, "Connecticut's attorney general, said that investigators in his state were looking into "three or more" cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook and had "also found inappropriate images and content" on the service. The inquiry ...

The Associated Press reports that MySpace has found and deleted the profiles of 29,000 users who are registered sex offenders. That's four times the number MySpace officials had released two months ago. While that number might seem high, keep in mind MySpace hosts 180 million profiles. The numbers were released in response to requests from attorneys general of several states. Of course this is ...