MySpace.com deletes 29,000 sex offenders from its Service

MySpace … and you were waiting for what exactly?

MySpace.com, who has recently come under attack for its younger member falling victim to adult sex predators posing as minors, has deleted 29,000 accounts.    MySpace detected and deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders on its service. 29,000!!! This represents a number that is 4 x’s the original amount of 7,000 that MySpace had initially stated. MySpace needs to police itself better if they wish to be a social networking community. The combination of age requirement, social networking and the internet make it a breeding ground for sex predators.

“The exploding epidemic of sex offender profiles on MySpace — 29,000 and counting — screams for action,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in a statement.

Blumenthal, who led a coalition of state authorities to lobby MySpace for more stringent safeguards for minors, and other state AGs have demanded the service begin verifying a user’s age and require parental permission for minors.

The minimum age to register on MySpace is 14. (Reuters)

Previous MySpace sex predator postings

MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site

“I’m absolutely astonished and appalled because the number has grown so exponentially over so short of time with no explanation,” said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who also had pressed the company earlier for sex offender data. (ABC News)

Some facts and tips regarding MySpace

Daily Commentary – Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 – Lindsay Lohan implodes in her own Substance Abuse

• 21-year-old actress booked on 2 misdemeanor charges of suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license, and two felony charges of possession of cocaine and transportation of a narcotic into a custodial facility.

My How Times Have Changed … Disney Hopes to Smell Like a Rose with Pre-Teen Fragrance Market

Can’t we just let children be children?  

What a different world we live in today. Remember when it was a badge of honor for a young lad  to not take a bath? A form of defiance to resist the bar of soap as a pre-teen boy? Remember the old laundry detergent commercials with the children head to toe in mud? Not any more.

In the 21st century Disney looks to make young boys smell their best. I, like many others really have to ask myself, what child in this age bracket cares what they smell like? Let me rephrase that. What boy in this age bracket cares?

Forget the smell of sweat, grass and dirt. Disney Consumer Products wants young boys smelling their best.

Disney is rolling out Pirates of the Caribbean- and Buzz Lightyear-branded fragrances targeting boys ages 4-11 in Latin communities.

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Terapon Adhahn Avoids Death Penalty By Leading Police to the Body of 12 Year Old Zina Linnik

This is a perfect example of how predators game our legal system to save themselves. There is no more deserving recipient of the death penalty than Terapon Adhahn, the child predator who abducted, assaulted and killed 12 year old Zina Linnik. However, prosecutors made a deal with Terapon taking the death penalty off the table in return that he bring them to Zina Linnik. Of course Tarapon Adhahn knew at the time he made the deal  he had murdered the innocent 12 year old and was just saving his own bacon.

However, Adhahn is being investigated for the sexual assault and murder of others including Adre’Anna Jackson. If found guilty of other crimes we can only hope that the death penalty is brought back into play for this individual who have more than earned it.

With a man in custody, but no way of knowing whether Zina was still alive, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Gerald Horne weighed an offer that could potentially spare the lives of both victim and suspect.

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Daily Commentary – Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 – Details Regarding Sirius and XM Satellite Radio Merger

• Sirius and XM Satellite Radio plan on offering “family plans” which limit adult-content, and hope to cross-promote popular channels between the two satellite radio services based on new pricing plans.