MySpace to 'block sex offenders'
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Social networking website MySpace says it will release tools to identify and block US sex offenders from its site.
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New measures to track the movements of sex offenders across borders are to be introduced.
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New York lawmakers proposed  legislation on Tuesday that would provide new protection from  convicted sex offenders hanging out on social networking sites  like Facebook and MySpace.
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Australian police acting as part of an international "cyber cop" network will be able to trap pedophiles who use the Internet to "groom" or lure children for sex, under new laws passed by parliament on Tuesday.
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Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would require sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses with authorities.  Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen.
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New York&#39;s attorney general and state legislative leaders presented a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting people from sexual predators on the Internet, aand Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo backed the effort.In a press conference, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced legislation they called &quot;groundbreaking&quot; in its proposed restrictions and controls of sexual offenders&#39; online activities.&quot;Today I believe we&#39;re proposing the most comprehensive, smartest, toughest law in the nation to keep people safe online, especially minors,&quot; Cuomo said.The Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) responds to the widely documented use that sexual offenders make of the Internet, in particular social-networking sites, to stalk and victimize people, particularly minors.Specifically, e-STOP would require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses, instant message screen names, and any other online identifiers with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. That data would then be made available to social-networking companies and other online services so that they can then block access to sexual offenders and remove them from their sites.The bill also calls for allowing sentencing courts and the state&#39;s Parole Board to restrict the online activities of sex offenders who used the Internet to commit their crimes, victimized a minor, or are considered highly likely to repeat their offenses. In particular, the bill would ban many sex offenders from using social-networking sites.There are more than 627,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S., about 25,000 of whom are in New York, according to Cuomo&#39;s office.State attorneys general have been very vocal about their concerns over online safety, in particular of minors who are preyed upon by sexual offenders on social-networking sites, which are widely used by teens.The attorneys general have often criticized Facebook, MySpace, and other sites for, in their view, not doing enough to protect minors, but the two sides have recently seemed to get on better terms and have rolled out several joint security initiatives, partnerships and agreements.The e-STOP bill is needed to help social-networking companies keep their sites safer and will complement these companies&#39; in-house security efforts, Cuomo said.MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam agreed and said laws need to keep up with the times and technology. &quot;We hope [e-STOP] becomes a model for other states to follow,&quot; Nigam said.&quot;As Facebook and other Internet companies do our best to exclude [from our sites] those who would do our users harm, we need help from the government,&quot; said Chris Kelly, Facebook&#39;s chief privacy officer.Ideally, legislation like e-STOP would get enacted widely in U.S. states and also at the federal level, Cuomo said.
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By Charles Keeshan  ckeeshan@@dailyherald.com  Authorities arrested a 16-year-old Cary boy accused of sending a threatening message and graphic images of mutilated genitalia to a female acquaintance through the social networking Web site MySpace.
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MySpace and 49 state attorneys general have agreed on a plan to protect underage social network users from online predators.
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 23--LODI -- Lodi police officials have decided to block department computers from accessing MySpace.com because of employees' apparent interest in the social networking Web site.
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Under mounting public pressure, MySpace.com had little choice but to hand over to state authorities information on registered sex offenders who might cruise the Internet to lure unsuspecting youngsters.  But more remains to be done to protect the vulnerable from online predators.
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Police launched a Web site on Tuesday to  warn children as young as eight about the dangers of putting  their personal details on social networking sites such as  MySpace and Bebo.
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By ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU After issuing a subpoena to the online site MySpace.com, Attorney General Lisa Madigan last week received the names of nearly 600 registered Illinois sex offenders who could be using MySpace to prey on children.
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By William Hershey Staff Writer  COLUMBUS -- MySpace will turn over the names and other information about thousands of registered sex offenders who were members of the social networking Web site, Attorney General Marc Dann announced Monday.
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More than 140 sex offenders  convicted in New Jersey had profiles on the networking Web site  MySpace, the state&#39;s attorney general said on Tuesday.
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By MONICA RHOR  HOUSTON - Seven convicted sex offenders with profiles on MySpace.com have been arrested in what Texas officials said was the country's first large-scale crackdown of registered offenders who use the social networking Web site.
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MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site &#151; more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, officials in two states Tuesday.
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Networking website MySpace agrees to hand over details on US sex offenders removed from its service.