Wednesday, December 6, 2006

MySpace to Purge Sex Offenders

MySpace announced today it will begin searching its 100 million-plus user list for people listed in a national database of sex offenders.

About MySpace.com

MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture and making a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, video, mobile communications, instant messaging and more, MySpace has created a connected community with a wide array of communication choices. As the second-ranked web domain in terms of page views(a), MySpace is the world’s most widely-used and highly-regarded site of its kind. MySpace’s global network includes localized community sites in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia and Ireland.

MySpace.com, the leading social networking and lifestyle portal, and Sentinel Tech Holding Corp., the leading online identity and background verification company, announced today a joint effort to build Sentinel Safe, a technology that will allow the company to block convicted sex offenders from accessing the popular website. Through this landmark partnership, MySpace will be able to search existing state and federal databases to identify and delete the profiles of registered sex offenders.
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