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August 1st, 2007

Conn. AG turns to Facebook

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 […]

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June 7th, 2007

David Leonard charged once again

Sex-Assault Suspect Faces More Charges:
David Leonard is one of the few recurring characters here at MyCrimeSpace. You can check out his previous transgressions here, here, and here. This scumbag has had so many charges of child molestation leveled against him I’ve lost track if this is a new charge or not. I believe it is […]

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June 1st, 2007

Conn. MySpace SO arrest

Sex Offender Accused Of Using MySpace:
Now that the AG’s have the names of the sex offenders on MySpace it’s time to round them up.
Our first contestant is 30-year-old Christopher Montefusco (MySpace deleted). Of course it happens in the MySpace predator capitol of the U.S., Connecticut.
Montefusco, 30, of West Haven, was convicted of first-degree sexual […]

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May 14th, 2007

AG’s pressure MySpace for info

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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March 7th, 2007

Conn. proposes new legislation

Blumenthal, lawmakers want age verification rules for MySpace.com:
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has unveiled some proposed legislation in regards to age verification on MySpace.
Under the proposal, any networking site that fails to verify ages and obtain parental permission from parents to post profiles of users under 18 would face civil fines up to $5,000 per […]

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January 30th, 2007

Conn. Attorney General blows more hot air at MySpace

Attorney General Calls MySpace Sex Offender Registry “False Security Blanket,” Renews Call For Age Verification:
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has issued the following press release in regards to MySpace donating a sex offender database to the NCMEC.
“MySpace’s sex offender data base is a false security blanket that ignores and distracts from the real problem […]

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January 18th, 2007

Zephyr met with skepticism

Plan to let parents track MySpace profiles met with skepticism:
It seems I’m not the only one who is skeptical about MySpace’s planned parental software called Zephyr. So is Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal but for different reasons…
In a statement, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called the plan “a shortsighted and ineffective response to a towering […]

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March 21st, 2006

I’m from the government and I’m here to help

Blumenthal Asks MySpace To Make Site Safer For Kids:
Why are most politicians so clueless?…
HARTFORD, Conn. — Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has sent MySpace.com a letter asking the company to take steps to make the site safer for children.
He is asking them to provide parents with software to block the Web site, ban kids under 16, […]

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March 6th, 2006

MySpace gets ready to fight the law

In wake of the two arrests in Conn. of two men who molested underage girls they met through MySpace, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is calling on MySpace to make changes to their site to make it safer for children. On the other hand MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe says “People who put themselves at risk […]

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