Myspace Purges 90,000 Sex Offenders

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Roy Cooper of North Carolina announced this past Tuesday that 90,000 registered sex offenders have been purged from MySpace, after heavy pressure and a subpoena to research and identify predators.

In response to the findings and action taken by MySpace, Blumenthal commented "This shocking revelation--resulting from our subpoena -- provides compelling proof that social networking sites remain rife with sexual predators. Nearly 100,000 convicted sex offenders with MySpace profiles powerfully refutes the recent task force report -- based on outdated and incomplete data -- falsely downplaying the threat of predators on social networking sites."

Cooper meanwhile went on to state "Technology should play a role in keeping children safe on the Internet, and social networking sites must put better safety tools in place to keep predators away from kids."

Myspace has already begun to forward information on potential predators using the service to the Connecticut and North Carolina Attorney General's offices, and a subpoena has been sent to Facebook as well to follow up on leads that predators may also dwell there too. 

Efforts to catch and deal with registered sex offenders with MySpace profiles is limited to just a few states thus far, however Blumenthal has gone on record to encourage all states to immediately incarcerate or take other appropriate action against offenders who have violated their legal restrictions.