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- MySpace
- The most popular social networking site on the Web, especially for teenagers and people under 30. Founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, MySpace was acquired by...
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- Social nets back Cuomo bill to register sex offenders
- MySpace and Facebook are lined up behind a new bill introduced by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that would require sex offenders to register email addresses, and social networking and instant messaging IDs, The New York Times reports. Under the bill, Level 3 sex...
- Tags: MySpace, Sex Offender, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- Bill to add emails to sex registry
- The latest wrinkle in the battle against sex offenders: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to include email addresses and online IDs in offenders' records in the national registry of sex offenders, The Washington Post reports. The legislation is called Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual...
- Tags: Registry, Legislation, E-mail Address, MySpace, Sex Offender, E-mail, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-12-16
- MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on the site
- MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on the siteTeeming? Not quite...Okay, so I HATE HATE HATE MySpace. Had an account for a day and a half and said "screw this, this is a cult and I refuse to participate." However, I have to come to their defense a little....
- Tags: sex offender, MySpace
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on the site
- Ever since MySpace relented to law enforcement to provide information on registered sex offenders who have posted profiles, everyone has wanted to know: How many perverts are busily chatting away to fellow MySpace users? The answer, it turns out, is shockingly high.MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders...
- Tags: Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- MySpace deletes 29,000 sex offenders
- MySpace deletes 29,000 sex offendersThis is GreatNow if they could only do something about the spammers.a bit of a controversyNow what in the hell were they doing dumping my profile? So they have dumped EVERYONE that has a sex offense? no matter what the charge or their legitimacy upon Myspace?...
- Tags: INTERNET, MySpace, sex offender
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- MySpace data leads to arrests of seven sex offenders
- Texas is reeling in its first convicted sex offenders for posting profiles on MySpace, after the popular social networking site handed over data requested by the attorney general, reports Computer WorldTexas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that Texas police arrested six convicted sex offenders in a crackdown after MySpace turned...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- MySpace data helps nab seven sex offenders
- MySpace data helps nab seven sex offendersDuly deputizedMyspace, a member of the police force, agent of the gov, protector and guardian against this and all illegal transactions of its space . . . Do members get free tickets to the policemen's ball?
- Tags: Real estate, MySpace, data help, sex offender
- Discussion threads 2007-06-16
- First predator arrest via MySpace
- Thanks to a joint collaboration between MySpace and state attorneys general, Connecticut authorities made its first arrest of a convicted sex offender, reports the Courant News.Christopher Montefusco 30, of West Haven, was charged with violating parole by creating profiles on the popular social networking site. Authorities believe that there are...
- Tags: Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- MySpace falsely accuses woman of being sex offender
- In a case of mistaken identity, MySpace has deemed a University of Colorado student a sex offender and dumped her profile, reports Wired NewsAccording to ABC News, 29 year-old Jessica Davis was falsely accused of being a sex offender and kicked off MySpace. Davis appealed to MySpace hoping to clear...
- Tags: Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-05-29
- MySpace supports requirement that predators register email
- State legislators are falling all over themselves to pass bills requiring registered sex offenders to cough up their email addresses, and MySpace, for once, is giving its blessing to the bills, reports MSNBC.Virginia, Arizona and Kentucky already have laws on the books requiring sex offenders to provide law enforcement with...
- Tags: Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- MySpace, AGs come to terms over sex predator info
- Eight state attorneys general and MySpace officials have hashed out an agreement by which the social networking site will hand over user information on some 7,000 convicted sex offenders, reports Reuters.Last week, MySpace said it had identified profiles for convicted sex offenders on MySpace but felt that confidentiality laws...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
- MySpace to provide sex offender data to state AGs
- MySpace to provide sex offender data to state AGsSay what???First, no subpeona needed? Second, never a chance of mislabling someone as a sex offender?My bet, at some point they get their arses sued off.real nameI guess this would all depend on a sex offender/predator using his/her real name ...Read...
- Tags: sex offender, MySpace, elevator, crowded elevator
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- MySpace unveils new cybersafety feature
- Under increasing pressure to deal with the presence of sexual predators and young children on MySpace, the NewsCorp-owned social networking wunkerkind will soon unveil a new safety feature called Sentinel Safe, Reuters reports. Business analysts say the the personal safety of its online users as well as the...
- Tags: MySpace, sex offender, offender, Social networking, Cybersecurity, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-05
- MySpace to offer technology to block sex offenders
- MySpace to offer technology to block sex offendersbeatboxDo they really think this is going to get rid of sex offenders? Like they supply valid information in the first place...get real.lol what a wastehow many sex offenders use thier acutal name on myspace?.... thats not goinna work i dont think..Waste of...
- Tags: Firewalls, Modems, Monitors & displays, pervert, Sexual Offender, MySpace, sex offender
- Discussion threads 2006-12-05
- Reporter's MySpace code leads NYPD to sex offender
- Reporter's MySpace code leads NYPD to sex offenderit's a matter of time and effortmost people don't realize that almost anything can be done, the problem is time and effort to make it happen. Fox Interactive Media would've looked at it, said "is it feasible to do on a minimal budget?"......
- Tags: NYPD, sex offender, Big Brother, MySpace, tech guy
- Discussion threads 2006-10-18
- Reporter's MySpace code leads NYPD to sex offender
- In an astounding story by Wired News Kevin Poulson, the reporter/hacker details the bust of one Andrew Lubrano, a registered sex offender who did serious time for his offenses, and an active MySpace user who has been propositioning young teens on the social networking site. Poulson found Lubrano by...
- Tags: offender, sex offender, MySpace, Andrew Lubrano
- Blog posts 2006-10-17
Additional Resources
- What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?
- The news broke today that Joost, the company which in a lot of ways was on the forefront of rich media, is canning its signature desktop client in favor of a purely web based portal. As a big proponent of desktop applications in general, and especially these hybrid applications which...
- Tags: Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetLike Facebook, MySpace Cares?Cost to much to do it the right way.They might have to hire real systems management and security staff.RE: Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetSod the DoS - look at the cute little picture of the chick!! So cute! I WANT ONE!I...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Facebook, botnet, DoS botnet, DOS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Please Speak FreelyAdmittedly, the subject matter was off-topic but adding the occasional non-relevant opinion is a very human thing to do, certainly not to be chastised, regardless of idealogical objection.Kevin, G-Portal UKhttp://cms.da.gpRE: Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Mitch you have at...
- Tags: Blogging, political posting, blogger, survey
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
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