MySpace Is Said to Draw Subpoena in Hoax Case
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The subpoena is in connection with the suicide of a 13-year-old Missouri girl after she received cruel messages from people posing as a teenage boy on the site.
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Universal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against MySpace for allowing users to upload and download songs and music videos.
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The New York Attorney General has subpoenaed Facebook after the company did not respond to "many" complaints by investigators who were solicited for sex while posing as teenagers on the social-networking site.
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By JESSICA HESLAM  A rattled Attleboro Police Department yanked down its MySpace Web site after a photo of a Hub disc jockey posing in the buff - save for a fish covering his private parts - popped up on its page.
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Much was made this week of the MySpace page thought to belong to Edwin R. Hall, and particularly to his interest in &quot;eating small children and harming small animals.&quot;Hall is charged with the kidnap and murder of Kelsey Smith from a Target parking lot last weekend.
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13-year old Megan Meier, after being cruelly taunted by a "Josh Evans" on MySpace,   hung herself in her closet with a belt.  Lori Drew, the mother of one of Megan's former friends, admitted in a police report that Josh Evans was really her, but later denied it.    The police investigated, but were unable to find any crime they could charge Mrs. Drew with.  The state of Missouri is proposing to   outlaw internet harassment, but under the US Constitution, such a law could not apply retroactively.    But Federal prosecutors may have found a way to prosecute Mrs. Drew...
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Questions social networker's commitment to protecting underage users Facebook officials have been subpoenaed by New York's top law enforcement official after a preliminary review revealed "significant defects in the site's safety controls" designed to shield underage users from sexual predators.â¦
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Universal Music Group sues MySpace - claiming the site is encouraging users to illegally share copyrighted material.
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MySpace.com is planning new restrictions on how adults may contact its younger users in response to growing concerns about the safety of teenagers who frequent the popular online social networking site.
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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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An article last Sunday about the suicide of Megan Meier, who was the target of a hoax on MySpace, referred incorrectly to statements made by Lori Drew, a neighbor, through her lawyer. She has denied creating the MySpace page used in the hoax and has denied knowledge of the final messages, which are a suspected cause of Ms. Meierâs suicide; she has not denied knowing about the ongoing hoax.
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By ANNE MARIE APOLLO  Two women were asked to resign from their jobs at the Clay County Clerk's office this week and three others were suspended three days, accused of spending too much time chatting it up on the popular social networking site MySpace.
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Slashdot is covering the arrest of Keith Henson.  He made a joke on a newsgroup, now he's arrested for defying a fundamentalist religion with legions of zealous lawyers.
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By LINDA DEUTSCH LOS ANGELES - Two young New York men accused of trying to extort $150,000 from MySpace.com by developing code that tracked visitors pleaded no contest Monday to illegal computer access in a bargain with the prosecution.
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Also: MySpace founder aims to thwart Murdoch's WSJ bid.
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A handful of prominent individuals have been caught creating fake online identities to praise, defend or create the illusion of support for themselves or their companies.
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A 14-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by another user of MySpace.com sued the social networking Web site Monday, claiming it does not take sufficient steps to protect underage members.