MySpace to offer technology to block sex offenders
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News Corp.'s (NWSa.N) MySpace said on  Tuesday it will offer in the next 30 days a technology to  identify and block convicted sex offenders from the popular  online social network.
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper says MySpace has found 29,000 registered sex offenders among its users -- more than four times the number MySpace said in May it had uncovered.
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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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VeriSign Inc.  and a children's safety group unveiled a new technology on Thursday that they said would make it easier for children to avoid child predators online.
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By Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 16--The Missouri Highway Patrol is sifting through 178 names provided by MySpace to determine how many are among the state's registered sex offenders.
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Many convicted sex offenders who had profiles on the popular MySpace website are on parole, and some may be sent back to prison for e-mailing minors. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says more than half of the 210 sex offenders from his state who used the social networking site are on parole. One was returned to state custody last week for using the Internet, a violation of a condition of his release.
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MySpace announces an agreement with 49 state attorneys general to protect children on the popular social networking site.
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Convicted sex offenders who used the Internet to help them commit their crimes will be banned from using the Internet under a measure signed into law Thursday.
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Texas police have arrested six sex offenders who weren't supposed to be using the internet under the terms of their probation or parole, but who allegedly surfaced in MySpace's database search.
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Details of missing high risk sex offenders could be published on the internet to alert parents.
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By Scott Rothschild, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  May 27--TOPEKA -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison said a recent agreement with MySpace Web site to provide information on thousands of sex offenders is just one step in continuing efforts to monitor social networking on the Internet.
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It did not take very long for data released by MySpace on sex offenders to be used in the apprehension of those who are using the site in violation of their parole or probation rules.
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An agreement between MySpace and most U.S. state attorneys general aims to significantly increase the safety of minors on the popular social network.
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By MARGARET LILLARD  RALEIGH, N.C. - Faced with legal demands from several state attorneys general, MySpace.com said it will immediately begin sharing data on the registered sex offenders it has identified and removed from its popular social networking Web site.
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Two U.S. senators said on Thursday  they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect  users of popular social networking sites like News Corp's  MySpace from registered sex offenders.
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MySpace.com has agreed with 45 states to add extensive measures to combat sexual predators.
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Parole violations Just weeks after social network MySpace asked for advice on how to legally hand over information about sex offenders using its pages, law enforcement authorities have started to make arrests.â¦