Comments on: MySpace Won't Provide Sex Offenders' Names

Social Networking Site Says It Won't Comply With Request From State Attorneys General

[sugarmice-2009]

MySpace - some want it shut down = even the goverment is banning our soldiers from using it to converse with their families.. BUT we must remember THAT if a law is broken, there are consequences... so MySpace is only doing what is legal. I wish there was an easy way to identify these scumbags, but there isn't. Unless all that are listed as offenders have monitoring chips implanted. IF these lawyers would obey the law and do things legally than MySpace would have complied BUT when you try and bulk the system because you feel you are above the law- you don't get everything you want.
It's up to the parents to monitor their children and try and make sure they are not giving out information. NO child should be on the computer after 9:00 at night if you are under the age of 16. Too bad - there are curfews and too many parents don't monitor this. It's up to the parents IF they feel their kid is going to far on My Space or any other space to shut their computer down and it's taboo until the kid learns. Parents need to be held responsible for what their kids do and say ... that's the way it's always been

[lawandorder6]

No it is not SAD, If they the Gove. gets this what else will they try and get. Think people, think, you could be next. You fools.

[bobgee_1999]

"It's sad that MySpace is going to protect the privacy of *** offenders over the safety of children."

-North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper

Yes, it's sad that Americans don't just knuckle under and kiss the government's fascist @ss every time it tries to whittle down our civil rights a little more. And you morons that are saying MySpace is the bad guy are the same people that have swallowed the lie that the ACLU is evil. You people claim to love and defend America, but you don't respect the only thing that sets it apart, which is protections of the Constitution. If the Constitution is to have any meaning must be upheld ALL THE TIME, it can't just be ignored when you get frightened of terrorists, *** offenders, communists or boogiemen. That's how it works. Love It or Leave It.

[docadams3]

The Attorneys General who signed the letters should be disbarred for sheer incompetence. MySpace is right on this one. I wouldn't want my identity released just because some elected official makes a request for the names and addreses of hard-headed citizens.

Shutting down MTV and most cable companies would be more effective and practical. Unplugging the computers would work too.

How would MySpace know who the *** offenders are anyway? It's easy to set up a bogus account. People need to see what their kids are doing and MySpace shouldn't have to be a mommy or daddy to the world. Don't take your kids to the bar if you don't want them drinking, so don't have them surf alone. Online privacy for teens is asking for trouble. Some family fights are worth having.

[kevsan1]

Most attorney generals are morons anymore. Goes the same for most people we elect these days.

[canyoutellme-2009]

Uh, people... just like jennmarie620 said... there are LEGAL processes that have to take place. If Myspace gave the AGs what they asked for, then if ANY of those offenders are caught, they may be let to go free because MYSPACE and the AGs would have VIOLATED THE LAW! Kudos to Myspace for complying with *LAW*. If you don't like the law, then change it... until then, abide by it.

[linfinster]

Jen is right! I hope they get those perps!

[billpl-2009]

Shutdown MySpace? ***?
Try closing down shopping malls, city parks, sports arenas, movie theatres, Starbucks, state beaches and all the other places s-xoffenders can go without identifying themselves.

you people are idiots as well as the AG's for trying to pull off such a ridiculous stunt.

[jennmarie620]

"We will take ...forceful action, including subpoenas if necessary to protect children," Blumenthal said.
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That is EXACTLY what Myspace is saying they should do! The ECPA is a law, and if Myspace violates it any action taken upon information given to the attorney general will be overturned by the courts. Don't they understand that Myspace wants it all to go through the proper legal channels so that when *** offenders are caught violating parole/probation, they can be punished to the fullest extent?

[djberson]

No they shouldn't.

[vet999999]

MYSPACE should be shut down..PERIOD
Posted by FARTKNOCKER2 at 04:15 PM : May 16, 2007

I AGREE.