MySpace Providing Offender Details: Information Will Be Used to Determine Possible Violations of Probation and Parole
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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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By Melody Mcdonald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 17--FORT WORTH -- Tarrant County prosecutor Lori Varnell looked at the teen-age girl's MySpace page, and a red flag went up.
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has proposed strict legislation that would ban some sex offenders from using social-networking services like MySpace or Facebook.
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New York officials want sex offenders to provide their Internet identities to the state, which would then share the information with social networking sites like MySpace to protect users from online predators, according to a law proposed Tuesday.
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A police officer at a Florida middle school faces a state criminal probe because one of the 170 people on his friends list had a link to an adult website in his or her profile.
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The arrests come after authorities asked MySpace to hand over information on convicted sex offenders.
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By Shannon Prather, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Dec. 8--A 14-year-old boy arrested for posting threatening messages about his classmates on a Myspace web site pleaded guilty today to felony terroristic threats.   The boy is now under house arrest pending his sentencing on Jan.
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Texas police arrested seven convicted  sex offenders after MySpace handed over identity details about  the former members of the Internet social network, the Texas  attorney general&#39;s office said on Thursday.
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Social network MySpace, a popular  online hangout for teens, and 49 U.S. state attorneys general  on Monday issued guidelines for protecting youths on the  Internet with the aim of promoting those principles throughout  the industry.
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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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Popular online teen hangout MySpace and 49 U.S. state attorneys general said on Monday they had agreed on a broad set of guidelines for protecting youths on the Internet.
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Online social-networking site MySpace has struck a deal with a background-verification company in an effort to remove profiles of registered sex offenders from its list of users.
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Amid mentions of family, a love of fast cars and interests in reading and painting, a MySpace page that appears to be that of a man accused of kidnapping and killing a teenager contains some bizarre references that turn more disturbing in light of the criminal charges.
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U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday proposed  requiring sex offenders to register their e-mail and instant  messaging addresses with law enforcement authorities in a bid  to protect children using popular social Internet sites like  MySpace.
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By Vicky Eckenrode< Morris News Service  ATLANTA - A state senator wants parents to have monitoring privileges and the ability to restrict the access of their children to social networking  Web sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com.  Sen.
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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - A 16-year-old fugitive believed to have posted a "Catch me if you can" message on his MySpace Web page was captured Friday, three days after his escape from a detention center, an official said.
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More than 140 sex offenders convicted in New Jersey had profiles on the networking Web site MySpace, the state's attorney general said on Tuesday.