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MySpace agrees to share sex offender data
Those who have been regularly following our blog might be already aware that MySpace.com, citing federal privacy laws, initially rebuffed a demand from North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper and colleagues in seven other states who last week asked for data on how many registered sex offenders are using the site and where they live.
But now in a turnaround, ostensibly following legal demands from state attorneys general, MySpace.com said on Monday that it will release data on registered sex offenders it has identified and removed from the popular social networking Web site. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal used a subpoena that “compels this information right away — within hours, not weeks, without delay — because it is vital to protecting children”.
MySpace had obtained the data from Sentinel Tech Holding Corp., which the company partnered with in December to build a database with information on sex offenders in the United States. “We developed ’Sentinel Safe’ from scratch because there was no means to weed them out and get them off of our site,” said Mike Angus, MySpace’s executive vice president and general counsel. Angus said the company had also made arrangements to allow law enforcement to use the Sentinel software directly.
Cooper said the information from Sentinel could potentially be used to look for parole violations or help in investigations. He said lawmakers in North Carolina are considering legislation that would further restrict access to social networking Web sites, including one that would require parents’ permission for minors to set up a profile.
[Via msnbc ]
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But now in a turnaround, ostensibly following legal demands from state attorneys general, MySpace.com said on Monday that it will release data on registered sex offenders it has identified and removed from the popular social networking Web site. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal used a subpoena that “compels this information right away — within hours, not weeks, without delay — because it is vital to protecting children”.
MySpace had obtained the data from Sentinel Tech Holding Corp., which the company partnered with in December to build a database with information on sex offenders in the United States. “We developed ’Sentinel Safe’ from scratch because there was no means to weed them out and get them off of our site,” said Mike Angus, MySpace’s executive vice president and general counsel. Angus said the company had also made arrangements to allow law enforcement to use the Sentinel software directly.
Cooper said the information from Sentinel could potentially be used to look for parole violations or help in investigations. He said lawmakers in North Carolina are considering legislation that would further restrict access to social networking Web sites, including one that would require parents’ permission for minors to set up a profile.
[Via msnbc ]
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