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MySpace has launched a new version of its mobile site at m.myspace.com for people who use iPhone, Android, and Palm WebOS. This version is optimized to take advantage of the browsers and screen sizes of these devices. The company says the new version allows users to navigate MySpace and take actions in a lot fewer clicks. In addition, it includes a mobile-optimized version of MySpaceIM, and ...
More than 3,500 registered sex offenders have been purged from social networking sites Facebook and MySpace. The move is the first sweep since the state's new “e-STOP” law went into...
Sex offenders love networking on Facebook and MySpace just like everybody else, but a 2008 law called the Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) put tight restrictions on their Internet use—especially if their prior offense involved a minor. In the first major crackdown since the law went into effect, 3,533 registered New York state sex offenders have been purged from ...
More than 3,500 registered New York state sex offenders have been taken off of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.
NEW YORK -- A new state law targeting sex offenders online has helped purge more than 3,500 registered New York state sex offenders from social networking sites Facebook and MySpace, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.
Over the past five years, I've kept a slew of social networking accounts: Friendster, Livejournal, three different Twitters, Facebook and the increasingly useless MySpace. Yesterday, a friend of mine accurately described MySpace as a 'ghost town.' Despite there being millions of registered users, every time I log into my MySpace, I feel incredibly lonely; whenever I look at my profile, virtual ...
About 3,500 New York sex offenders have been kicked off Facebook and MySpace after identifying their accounts under a new state law. And, go figure, like 80 percent of them were on Facebook. Even sex...
Social networks have been in the precarious position of having to deal with sex offenders since their early days, but as a result of new laws being passed around the country, several local governments now also play a role in keeping predators off the likes of Facebook and MySpace . Today, New York state reports that a registry they set up that requires convicted sex offenders to provide social ...
A Monroeville man is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.com, according to Allegheny County police.
One hundred fifteen registered sex offenders in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties have been purged from two social networking sites, says Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Facebook identified and disabled the accounts of 2,782 registered sex offenders state wide and MySpace, 1,796, the A.G. said. The action comes under the state's new Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e ...
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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today announced that more than 3,500 registered New York state sex offenders have been purged from social networking sites Facebook and MySpace in the first database sweep since the state’s new Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act (“e-STOP”) went into effect.
Aristotle International Inc., which has criticized online hangout MySpace.com for its policies on sexual predators, said Wednesday that the top lawyer for MySpace's parent company, News Corp., is joining its board of directors.
Next Big Sound , a TechStars 2009 company that tracks the growth and popularity of music groups across major web properties like MySpace, Twitter, Last.fm, and others, has raised a seed round in the $1 million range. The company would not reveal the exact amount, but did confirm that they had recently raised the funding. As Robin described it in August, Next Big Sound is a statistics and ...
Eyeing the ongoing, phenomenal success of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, independent publishers are creating their own online communities, where they can glean valuable feedback from customers, and keep an eye out for future staff amidst the online message posts.
A Fayette County woman who police said was busy on MySpace.com when her 3-year-old daughter fell from a second-floor apartment window, fracturing her skull, has been sentenced to probation.
