John Michael Montgomery Sued by Fired Policeman:
Just when I thought this story was over fired Lexington, Kentucky police officer Joshua Cromer is back in the headlines. He’s now filing a lawsuit against country artist John Michael Montgomery.
Cromer had arrested Montgomery back in February of 2006 on a DUI charge. Cromer was fired after posting inappropriate […]
New Jersey asks 12 Web sites to check for sex offenders:
New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram has not only asked MySpace for sex offender information she’s also asked eleven other sites to do the same.
Attorney General Anne Milgram has asked for information from Xanga.com, Facebook, Community Connect, TagWorld, Bebo, MyYearbook.com, Tagged, Friendster, LiveJournal, Imeem, Hi5 […]
Cooper still pushing for parental consent to use MySpace:
Seriously Roy, it’s time to hang it up.
Even after being crushed in the North Carolina House Attorney General Roy Cooper is still touting his master plan for MySpace.
Attorney General Roy Cooper vowed Monday to keep pressuring lawmakers to approve legislation that will require minors to […]
MySpace helps NLR police link to students:
MySpace can also can be used as a tool for good if you let it.
North Little Rock, Arkansas police officers Jon Schwulst and Fran Hichens are school officers who use their MySpaces to keep in contact with students in a totally non-creepy and productive way.
A majority of the notes […]
Popular Web site is target of probe:
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is up to his usual misguided ways. This time he’s focusing his wrath on Facebook.
Connecticut’s attorney general is scrutinizing Facebook, the popular social-networking site, for allowing convicted sex offenders to register, calling into question whether the company is doing enough to protect users.
The inquiry […]
Energy bill advances; MySpace rules fail:
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper’s proposed legislation to make teens get parental permission before signing up for MySpace has failed in the State House.
But the second bill lost its headlining clause, a requirement that parents give permission for their younger teenagers to sign up for online social-networking sites. Rep. […]
29,000 sex offenders found on MySpace:
It has been confirmed by MySpace that there are in fact 29,000 registered sex offenders on MySpace. My apologies to AG Roy Cooper of North Carolina for saying that he pulled that number out of thin air. Mr. Cooper’s New England counterpart, Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal, is stating that the […]
Cooper cracks down on predators:
North Carolina Attorney General is up to his old tricks again. Putting unreal expectations on MySpace and allowing parents to continue to shirk their responsibility.
The rules on how children use social networking sites like MySpace.com could soon be changing.
State lawmakers are working a on a bill that would require parents to […]
MySpace hysteria lets politicians off easy:
This is a great editorial from New England journalist Chris Powell about the recent controversy surrounding MySpace and state attorney generals. He says what I’ve been saying for a while now…
But the politicians might as well seek to outlaw telephones, cars and roads, earlier innovations of “social networking,” which these […]
Bill on parental consent for MySpace advances:
North Carolina is slowly starting to turn into New Jersey as far as over-regulation is concerned.
RALEIGH - Children under 18 would have to get parental consent to join MySpace.com and other social networking Web sites under a bill approved today by a state Senate appropriations committee.
N.C. Attorney General […]
MySpace hands over known sex offenders; how many unknown?:
One of the problems I’ve had with all the blustering from state attorney generals about MySpace is what are the AG’s doing about the predators that haven’t been caught yet? I never see anyone in the American media asking that question yet the Australian media has no […]
Wired has a copy of the MySpace e-mail sent to alleged sex offenders.
Marketplace is reporting that MySpace’s recent purge of 7,000 sex offenders didn’t get them all.
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MySpace in deal with 8 state attorneys general:
If you haven’t heard by now MySpace has acquiesced to the 8 state attorney generals asking for all the information MySpace has on each state’s sex offenders. Now don’t get me wrong, I have no interest in protecting SO’s. However I do have a problem with politicians putting […]
MySpace won’t release list of sex offenders to states:
In a follow up to my post about 8 attorney generals who have demanded that MySpace give up all their information about sex offenders using their site, MySpace has flatly denied the request.
MySpace’s chief security officer said the company regularly discloses information to law enforcement officials but […]
8 States Seek Sex Offender Data From MySpace:
Attorney General’s from eight states, including North Carolina’s Roy Cooper and Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal, sent what I’m sure is a strongly worded letter to MySpace demanding they turn over sex offender information.
In a letter, the attorneys general asked MySpace to provide information on how many registered sex offenders […]
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