February 1, 2007

MySpace to Develop Database to Help Block Sex Offenders (NBC 24 Toledo)

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SPRINGFIELD - Concerned about online threats to children from adults - and to adults from children - Illinois House Republicans unveiled legislation Wednesday to crack down on Internet sex predators and students who post death threats.Illinois Republicans unveil proposals that target Internet threats, predators (Lincoln Courier)

WASHINGTON - Ohio Reps. Paul Gillmor and Steve Chabot said Tuesday that in this technology savvy world, requiring sex offenders to register just their physical address is just not good enough anymore.MySpace, Congress tackle online predators (CentralOhio.com)

The social-networking site MySpace.com has donated technology it helped develop to identify and block sexual predators from online communities. The company, a unit of News Corp., said it will donate its Sentinel Safe database software to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. MySpace has been developing the program with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp.MySpace Donates Tools to Block Predators (The Herald-Sun)

NEW YORK (Reuters) — News Corp.’s popular Web network MySpace, criticized for not doing enough to protect young people on its site from sexual predators, said on Monday it opened access to its database of U.S. sex offenders to a center that tracks missing children.MySpace opens sex offender list to missing kids group (CNN.com)

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Berwick Today, UK - 14 minutes ago
Local boys The Briganties (www.myspace.com/thebriganties) should need no introduction to music lovers in the town, but if they do, they are the band NME …Episode two of ‘To the Floor’

Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - 23 minutes ago
Free admission age 21 and over with college ID (ages 18-20 $5). www.myspace.com/theamprocks. DJ JOHNNY MONTANA, 7 pm lesson, 8 pm open dance., Tioga Trails …Elmira/Corning, NY

Hamilton Spectator, Canada - 25 minutes ago
Meanwhile, rapidly growing social networking sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com have been luring more teenagers and young adults, …A brand new plan Yahoo joins other sites to bolster its image

Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - 26 minutes ago
846-1314. www.myspace.com/theamprocks. THE AMP’S FIRST ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BOWL WITH KUNG FU JESUS HALFTIME EXTRAVAGANZA, 4 pm doors Sunday, Free appetizer buffet …Elmira/Corning, NY

The Daily Utah Chronicle, UT - 29 minutes ago
Since the expansion of student involvement in Web sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, regulations have been added to the election rulebook limiting …Candidates get names out online and on the streets

San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 32 minutes ago
"Everybody goes to MySpace, they get a million hits, then two months later they get no album, no hits," Engel said. Even so, Engel said, Variety Artists …The show is on the road

cdreviews.com, CA - 33 minutes ago
Myspace.com/Raleighband. This is an invigorating musical journey in techno electronica created by a mind that appears to be working on overload. …Dan’s Indie Inbox (Part 1)

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - 33 minutes ago
Quickly programmable portable organizers, paired with the rise of accessible (read: stalker-friendly) Internet sites like MySpace, have made many …HELLO? Pushing my buttons

Candidates get names out online and on the streets

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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - 33 minutes ago
Quickly programmable portable organizers, paired with the rise of accessible (read: stalker-friendly) Internet sites like MySpace, have made many …HELLO? Pushing my buttons

goTriad.com, NC - 34 minutes ago
Time: 10:30 pm For information, call (336)856-9555 or http://www.myspace.com/clubhousegso. 8. Bar Crawl starting at Stumble Stilkins (202 W. Market. …Weekend Best Bets: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Globe and Mail, Canada - 32 minutes ago
It wasn’t just the competition, not only from Google but other sites such as MySpace and YouTube, that has some analysts worried. …Will Yahoo’s Panama software find ad solution?

San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 32 minutes ago
"Everybody goes to MySpace, they get a million hits, then two months later they get no album, no hits," Engel said. Even so, Engel said, Variety Artists …The show is on the road

Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - 26 minutes ago
846-1314. www.myspace.com/theamprocks. THE AMP’S FIRST ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BOWL WITH KUNG FU JESUS HALFTIME EXTRAVAGANZA, 4 pm doors Sunday, Free appetizer buffet …Elmira/Corning, NY

Baltimore Sun, MD - 25 minutes ago
"People hear the word ‘blog,’ and they think ‘what I had for breakfast’ or ‘adolescent angst with bad grammar on MySpace,’" Zivkovic told the crowd. …Sharing science in virtual world

Hamilton Spectator, Canada - 25 minutes ago
Meanwhile, rapidly growing social networking sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com have been luring more teenagers and young adults, …A brand new plan Yahoo joins other sites to bolster its image

Eurweb.com, CA - 21 minutes ago
Pretty Ricky is also hugely popular online, with nearly 400000 friends registered on their MySpace page, placing them in the top 3 of MySpace’s "Top Artists …PRETTY RICKY’S ‘LATE NIGHT SPECIAL’ RULIN’ THE CHARTS: Debuts in …

Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 31 minutes ago
In a recent post on her MySpace.com page, an angry Hart claimed that Daughtry and his good friend, Idol also-ran Ace Young, were taking all the credit for …Forget it, says this ‘Idol’ loser

University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily, VA - 23 minutes ago
There are other channels for that stuff," wrote 31-year-old country-music fan Lee Walker on his Myspace.com blog entitled "CMT Needs Some Brains. …Miss America’s seen better days

Lawmakers take aim at online predators (AP via Yahoo! News)

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By Bob Dyer, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jan. 30–Regular users of MySpace may have noticed numerous changes during the last five days.MySpace Teenagers Are Getting Message: Pages Change After Story (RedNova)

Four families are filing a lawsuit against News Corporation, which runs MySpace.com. The families say their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults who they had met on the social internet site.MySpace under fire (KVBC Las Vegas)

Three teenage boys in California were arrested for spray-painting a wall after authorities found pictures of the graffiti on the social networking website MySpace.com.Police find teenagers’ graffiti on MySpace (Guardian Unlimited)

News Corp.’s popular Web network MySpace, criticized for not doing enough to protect young people on its site from sexual predators, said on Monday it opened access to its database of U.S. sex offenders to a center that tracks missing children.MySpace opens sex offender list to missing kids group (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

NEW YORK (AP) - The popular online hangout MySpace said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders, the site’s latest attempt to address complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens.MySpace to Develop Database to Help Block Sex Offenders (NBC 24 Toledo)

MySpace will begin distributing Amber Alerts via their social-networking Web site on Tuesday Jan. 30. The alerts will be posted at the top of profiles in a small text box that can be clicked on for more information about the child and suspect. Amber alerts are activated by the police, and notifications will be sent to any user on MySpace with a profile in the given zip-code that the alert …Myspace begins notifying members of missing children (Daily Vidette)