MySpace deletes 29,000 sex offenders
 

http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...rpc=22&sp=true

Get parental permission? Verify a user's age? How on earth do they propose that can be accomplished?


I'm all about protecting children, and locking up the pieces of shit that would harm them, but this sounds like it's going down a dangerous road. Once again, blame the website instead of the parents.

Maybe someone should sue the parents for not doing the job of monitoring and safeguarding their children like they're suppose to? Why do so many parents feel that the internet is a playground that their children can enjoy unsupervised?

It is easier to put the responsibility on others . . . . that way if the kid ends up being a serial killer they can blame "the system."

ok I am all for them deleting them GOOD. but where the fuck where the parents when these teens were alone with these guys?

agreed totally 100%

:thumbsup

You serious? Most parents have way better and more important things to do rather than keep a close eye on their kids... It's everyone else's responsibility to make sure they are safe...

***end sarcasm***

Sue the parents? Don't you mean prosecute?

Don't worry - the nanny state will soon hold parents responsible for EVERYTHING kids do. Lock them parents up -- that's the solution!


You twits crack me up...

It takes a village?

Eh, I'm all about personal responsibility, but surely Myspace should know better. They've created a stomping ground for young adults and I just cannot believe that they didn't have the foresight for something like this.

I don't believe that Myspace bears full culpability for this but, c'mon, they had to know it would attract predators in some form.

You know it's about time they eliminated the politicians in office from myspace anyways.

How did they know they were sex offenders? Had the people registered occupation as "Sex Offender" in their profile.

wtf??? they need to stop smokin weed and grow up

Fuck them low life parents all they want is our money because they cant earn shit...I think it goes like this: our daughter got raped - great lets sue the site hopefully get paid...

Fuck em many times over!!!!!

What the fuck is more important than your kids? i think you dont have any

xxxRumor-see the end of that post? It was said sarcastically.

IMO, letting your kids go online unsupervised is just as negligent as letting toddlers play in traffic.

Did they delete your account?

Staggering figure, 29,000 and excellent PR for News International/MySpace - "we combat crime against children" :winkwink:

Oh.. they got their rap sheets, DNA samples and sperm counts, then verified each one :)

Parents will be over the moon with this and let their kids back on, page views will go back up and revenue will increase.

What a load of bollocks.

Exactly... it's all about "how good we are" and "why nobody should sue us" while we are earning a buck :thumbsup

In a couple of years MySpace will be irrelevant, but certainly they have to do what they can now to protect kids.

Perhaps law enforcement can - somehow - step in to prevent the ability for sex offenders from signing up for services like this? Certainly it is possible, but far from easy, plus it will cost big-time.

(A thought in progress - convicted sex offenders when signing up for an Internet service are assigned some kind of digital ID. Sites like MySpace detect the ID when a person attempts to sign up. If the offender somehow gets around it, he would be in volation of his probation, etc.

Far from foolproof but something along these lines is possible)

How many GFYers accounts got deleted in this sweep? ;)

Oh noes, not the page deletions!!! You showed 'em, Myspace...those evil sex offenders are now majorly inconvenienced and will have to build their pages with the ice cream truck backgrounds all over again...

How they do know? Do they verify personal before giving a myspace account?

I am a parent and I do believe in parents taking responsibility for their children and providing the proper supervision. Sex offenders are everywhere not just online.....in fact through the internet I know exactly where all of the registered sex offenders are in my city live. Parents need to be constantly aware of the dangers to their children but more importantly teach/drill their children to be able to think and deal with situations for themselves too. Too many parents do not teach their children to think and use their common sense for themselves.

Was wondering why all my accounts just vanished...












(Thats a joke)

i agree with boy alley on this one.

some people shouldn't be allowed to breed

hmm.. good for them .

sorry , what is the definition of "sex offender" ? I mean other than wanting to have sex with underaged

sorry chase, i guess i only saw the first part

parents: jane, where are you going tonight?

jane: out.

parents: ok, have a good time.

15 year olds can lie... news at 11.

Because no one wants to take responsibility for anything anymore, even if it means taking responsibility for their own offspring.

Somewhere along the line parents went from plopping their kids down in front of the tv and wandering off to do whatever and started plopping them down in front of the computer and wandering off to do whatever...

damn! hope my account is not included! gotta check my account.

i have to agree, the parents need to take some responsibility and instill better values and judgement into their kids. not that it's the kids fault at all, but those two things never hurt a person. :) and they definitely should have kept a better eye on them. if their kids were at the park and a sex offender encountered them there, would they sue the park? same difference, only myspace is safer and easier to get away from the slimeballs.

Damn, that's quite a lot of people!!