December 7, 2006

McCain, Schumer: Track Sex Offenders

Did you hear the following about MySpace?

Wyoming News, WY - 36 minutes ago
… But two years ago, no one foresaw the rise of sites such as YouTube and MySpace, which became huge companies by aggregating user-generated videos and creating …Yahoo Shakeup Highlights Web Video Shift

Hemscott, UK - 26 minutes ago
… spends just upward of 20 minutes there — stats matched only by the social networking crowd that frequents Facebook and News Corp.’s MySpace, Buckmaster said …CEO: Users, not ads, drive Craigslist

Reuters - 28 minutes ago
… on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp’s MySpace from registered …Senators propose to track sex offenders online

Scientific American - 27 minutes ago
… on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp’s MySpace from registered …Senators propose to track sex offenders online

In-Forum (subscription), ND - 25 minutes ago
… that owns the Fox broadcast network, a large group of television stations, the Twentieth Century Fox movie studio and the social networking site MySpace. …Liberty Media Said to Get DirecTV

BusinessWeek - 29 minutes ago
… When it works, armies of volunteers can create massive encyclopedias like Wikipedia or sprawling online communities like News Corp.’s (NWS) MySpace. …Yelping for Dollars

NewsMax.com, FL - 30 minutes ago
… on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp’s MySpace from registered …McCain, Schumer: Track Sex Offenders

DNBOnline, Brazil - 29 minutes ago
… It is the biggest label from the scene. We also have a great artist support from all over the world and theres always some new requests on our Myspace. …MKM & GBX (eng.)

Liberty Media Said to Get DirecTV

MySpace.com - still in the news! Check out the below.

San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 22 minutes ago
… Hudson posted a message on her MySpace page trying to clear up any confusion, saying, "It should be a happy day because I heard that the National Board of …Hudson Denies Gay Slurs

In-Forum (subscription), ND - 25 minutes ago
… that owns the Fox broadcast network, a large group of television stations, the Twentieth Century Fox movie studio and the social networking site MySpace. …Liberty Media Said to Get DirecTV

Hemscott, UK - 26 minutes ago
… spends just upward of 20 minutes there — stats matched only by the social networking crowd that frequents Facebook and News Corp.’s MySpace, Buckmaster said …CEO: Users, not ads, drive Craigslist

Scientific American - 27 minutes ago
… on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp’s MySpace from registered …Senators propose to track sex offenders online

International Herald Tribune, France - 26 minutes ago
… spends just upward of 20 minutes there stats matched only by the social networking crowd that frequents Facebook and News Corp.’s MySpace, Buckmaster said …Craigslist chief executive tells investment community users, not …

Reuters - 28 minutes ago
… on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp’s MySpace from registered …Senators propose to track sex offenders online

BusinessWeek - 29 minutes ago
… When it works, armies of volunteers can create massive encyclopedias like Wikipedia or sprawling online communities like News Corp.’s (NWS) MySpace. …Yelping for Dollars

Reuters.uk, UK - 29 minutes ago
… that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp’s (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile , Research) MySpace from registered sex …Senators propose to track sex offenders online

NewsMax.com, FL - 32 minutes ago
… on Thursday they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect users of popular social networking sites like News Corp’s MySpace from registered …McCain, Schumer: Track Sex Offenders on Web

Wyoming News, WY - 36 minutes ago
… that owns the Fox broadcast network, a large group of television stations, the Twentieth Century Fox movie studio and the social networking site MySpace. …Liberty Media Said to Get DirecTV

MySpace declares war on predators (Los Angeles Daily News)

Time to alert the parents:

After several embarrassing media reports of sex offenders’ prowling around MySpace, the popular online hangout said Tuesday it will deploy new technology to boot predators from its pages.MySpace goes after predators (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

MySpace, the popular online hangout that has drawn complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens, said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders.MySpace tool to help block sex offenders (USA Today)

Leading online social networking community MySpace.com on Tuesday said it would partner with an online identity and background check firm to build technology that will search existing state and federal databases to identify registered sex offenders and delete their profiles from the site.MySpace to Combat Sexual Predators With Technology (TechNewsWorld.com)