MySpace denies handing over names of sex offenders to Attorneys General

MySpace, as we all know, has its own plans to purge phishing worm and sex offenders. But, the social networking site has been questioned a number of times with context to the safety of young users. Now, citing federal privacy law, MySpace has refused to give the names of registered sex offenders following a request by attorneys general from eight states. MySpace’s chief security officer said that they have already been revealing the required information to the officials but according to the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act, it is eligible to do so only after certain legal actions. Hemanshu Nigam, said in an interview: We’re truly disheartened that the AGs chose to send out a letter … when there was an existing legal process that could have been followed. While, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal showed his anger on MySpace by saying: I am deeply disappointed and troubled by this unreasonable and unfounded rejection of our request for critical information about convicted sex offenders whose profiles are on MySpace. MySpace’s registration policy doesn’t allow children under 14 to make profiles on the sites but they are free to specify the age they want to. Well, MySpace is trying darn good to identify and remove sex offenders from its site but almost every third day, we find MySpace trapped in some issue.