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Popular website MySpace deletes thousands of sex offenders
May 16, 2007, 3:19 GMT
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ah litigation : the new lotto (lottery)
These AG's have to realize that if they receive this information without following the proper legal channels, they risk having any resulting case against these pervs thrown out because the evidence may be inadmissible. I applaud MySpace for reminding Law Enforcement that they too, have to follow the law. I would be furious to know that a sex offender gets to free because some overzealous Attorney General was too lazy to get the proper documents in order.
This better not be seen by extremists as a chance to urge people to 'shut down MySpace, because it's dangerous to kids.' I can already see where this is going. There's a bit too much enphasis on the fact that teenagers use MySpace everyday.
Sex offenders aren't limited to the internet, there's also telephones and mail. So why don't people urge to ban pens, paper and envelopes? Shut down the USPS! Abolish ATT!
The best move anyone can make against sex offenders is to warn kids not to be stupid. But it seems a great majority would rather shoot themselves than have to have a sit down with their kids, esp. about sex and the perverts who take advantage.
What is to stop a sex offender from making an account with false information?
Seems to me like this attempt to police the web is stretching into
A balloon full of hot air.
Sex offenders are just offenders who got caught. What about all the others who have not Like the Priest in your local church, some Police Officers or the school bus driver?
Stop deluding yourselves & educate your children!
it's better for us. they deleted thousands of sex offenders, but they will gain more users.
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Yeah, 'cause we aaaaaall know how convicted sex offenders will use their real first and last names and their real birthday when they register for a MySpace account. lol I should know... because I know one of them! [ha-ha] Besides, this is for only U.S.-based sex offenders and their probably 100,000+ global sex offenders w/ profiles. I know... how about just educating the youngsters on the dangers of anything harmful in this world? Sex offenders are just this decade's version of Nazis during the 2 World Wars, the H-bomb in the '50s, Communism in the '80s, etc. How about dealing w/ the future-hearing impairment problems of the millions and millions of iPod teens and 20's users?
Parental oversight is much harder today with cell phones, the internet and the content on TV, in films, etc. Kids today think they are grown and the sole purpose of a parent is to provide room, board, and an entitled lifestyle. Most of us can remember when there were just one or two phones in the house fixed in the kitchen and/or living room. It was hard as a young teenager to have a private conversation then - the parents were often within ear shot, purposefully. Or they could eavesdrop on another phone if they were really sneaky. In addition, a daughter called her girl friends - she did not call a boy's house. So these parents are suing MySpace because their daughters were raped. But these daughters met these people online AND agreed to meet up with these people SOMEWHERE PRIVATE all without the parents knowing. Where's the accountability in the family? Either parents are lax and/or kids were being purposefully deceitful. I don't think MySpace should be shut down. But parents are definitely going to have to step up their game in terms of monitoring what their children do. For children and adults (who are not predators) there is this alternative personality/lifestyle thing going on via the internet. People pretending to be somebody else, not themselves and these can turn into be very dangerous games.
That's right Charlie R.
What you have here is people who don't understand technology, trying to shut down what they can't control.
The last lines say it all, parents are trying to SUE Myspace for 'failing' to take appropriate measures to protect their kids. Exactly how can Myspace stop two people from meeting up and going on a date? How can Myspace know a person's intentions?
That's as ridiculous as denying global warming. A lot of parents will do anything to transfer their responsibilities to somebody else, especially when they can profit. Pathetic.
If these people have been identified, then their profiles should remain and their experience with MySpace manipulated so as not to appear different, but protect others from their presence.
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
- Sun-tzu
- Chinese general & military strategist (~400 BC)
The more we allow the feds to play mommy and daddy, the more rights we will loose. Freedom, yes even the freedom to get yourself or your children into a bad situation, is something we used to die to defend. The new mantra is “Please, please take my freedom, just protect me from myself.”
And don’t say that myspace did this on their own, it’s a bored house mom movement that started with perverted justice. They pressured the feds, and the politicos how much of a campaign booster meaningless fervor can be. There is a war on sex offenders, and not to get them the help they need or restrict the movement of those who will never be well, but to just to Get ‘Um.
Did you know there now exists “prison” after prison, for sex offenders? Many states hold them for years on no charges, with no path to release, AFTER the law says they’ve paid for their crime. Some are labeled as mental health facilities, but investigations have show there is very little, if any, mental health care or attempt at rehabilitation.
Get wise people or you may find yourself saying “When they came for the…I said nothing.”
I recommend we all meet at my new website: VigilanteSpace.
There - we will hunt down and kill all the sex offenders on MySpace.
And maybe some ugly people - they kind of offend me too, especially when they approach me about having sex.
TaskerFive, you've got it right except - it's should read, 'That's as ridiculous as global warming.' 'Global Warming' is a passing fad that a lot of liberals are using to cash in on a largely uninformed public. The climate has always changed. It's never the same 2 years in a row, let alone over a period of time. So what if the average temperature of the planet has risen ½ of a degree F in the past century? What about MySpace? What about the children?
How's this for an answer: We educate our kids and let them know there are a lot of low-life scum out there who will do evil, and to stay away from them. Let's teach our children to think. Let's teach our children to act wisely. Let's just teach our children to use their brains.
wow, timely action there MySpace (happy internet home of troll, stalker and deviant).
I am one of those individuals summarily removed from MySpace. What follows is my initial response to their Safety and Security department. Note that, to-date, there has been no response from MySpace.
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Dear Sir or Madam:
Let me say that I applaud MySpace's commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of its members. However, I would like to point out that sometimes the 'scatter-gun' approach is not the best one to use, and that sometimes easily applied labels aren't the best method to screen potential abusers.
First off, I will not deny that I am forced to register as a sex offender in the state that I currently reside in, (xxxxxxxx). Secondly, I will also tell you that my 'crime' involved the possession of what has been termed 'child pornography'. That's the negative side of my story and I do not contest its validity. As with most things in life, however, there is more to the story. On the other side are many facts that are just as relevant. Such as the fact that I am not restricted in any way from using a computer or the Internet; the fact that I have never been involved in any crime involving actual contact with or solicitation of any person - minor or otherwise - for sexual purposes; the fact that no one that I've come in contact with really and truly believes that I pose any threat to children. And, of course, the biggest 'fact' of all - that my only real crime was thinking that I could make a difference and ended up getting crushed by a legal system whose active participants are solely only interested in raw numbers and advancement, than in the actual truth.
If you had taken the time to actually review my MySpace usage - instead of simply deleting my profile because 'it came to your attention' that I was a registered sex offender - you would have found virtually all of my contact with MySpace members has been with a very small number of adults - including my own daughter. I established a MySpace profile initially for the sole purpose of communicating with one, very specific user who now resides in xxxxxx. It was never my intent, (nor my practice), to troll for contacts.
Lastly, let me play devil's advocate with you: Had my intention actually been to use a MySpace profile for nefarious reasons, do you honestly think that I'd be stupid enough to use an email account that I had previously registered with the State Police? Or, for that matter, to have used my real name when creating a profile? It would be much more likely that I would have created alias email accounts and used one or more of them to troll for victims. Instead, not being one of the predators you are seeking to protect your members from, I hid from no one by creating a MySpace profile under my own name, using a legally registered email address.
In closing let me say that I have little hope that you'll be moved by my situation to reinstate my profile. It's another one of those facts that in today's political climate, sex offenders of any stripe are considered to be the bottle-dwellers of society's tidal pools - regardless of their actual circumstances. I understand this and have to adjust to it every single day. My life is a daily challenge to deal with the label that has been applied to me. Fortunately, there are a few who understand that not all sex offenders are created equal. Unfortunately, they are seriously outnumbered by those who either aren't willing to listen to the 'offender's' side of things, or to actually make an informed decision after having been supplied with all of the information.
What alot of people do not realize that a large portion of sex offenders are not the kind that are after teenagers/kids some have not actually raped anybody could be as small as convicted of harassment in a work place
First of all not all sex offenders are people seeking out children to satisfy their sexual needs. There are hundreds and thousands of teens who are being convicted daily for consensual sex with a bf/gf and are made to register. Once again we are using a blanket law instead of looking at each case separetly and doing more harm then good. Read these stories should these kids be punished for life and not abel to use myspace? www.ethicaltreatment.org/mary.htm or google Zach Campton in Iowa. The first boy is not even legally convicted under his deferred judgement yet is a registered offender for life while Zach is sitting in jail cause D.A. wants him tried in adult court and judge ordered juvenile court so he won't register so D.A. is appealing the judge decision thru Iowa supreme court. Til they hear the case this young boy could be in jail one or two years....again educate yourself folks as the media and politicians are not telling parents of teens these laws could entangle your son, daughter, grandchild, niece or nephew...lets stop this madness and force states to follow the federal Romeo and Juliet law which exempts some of these teen consensual sex cases.
Very nice site!
Very nice site!
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