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With so many people on Facebook (175 million by the Web site's own count), common sense tells us that not all of them are nice people. Thankfully, social networking companies are being proactive in their attempts to purge their sites of not-so-nice members (by not-so-nice we mean pedophiles).
Facebook has removed 5,585 sex offenders from it site since May 1, 2008, according to Connecticut's Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who last week told the AP: "The message in this number is Facebook has an equal stake in solving this problem of protecting children." Along with North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, Blumenthal has pushed for the removal of sex offenders from social networking sites. Over the past two years, Facebook's rival Myspace removed 90,000 sex offenders from its own membership list.
We are pleased that some of the most dangerous people on the Web sites have been struck, but it is no reason for children and their parents to relax. We have always said that the conversation with safety begins and ends with the families involved. These statistics don't change that. [From: AP, via FOX News]
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Subscribe to commentsSeanrossFeb 26th 2009 1:01PM
Next up murderers and rapists?
Master ShakeFeb 26th 2009 1:44PM
First of all, there are now over 1 MILLION registered sex offenders in the United States, so 5,500 is a drop in the bucket. Second, just because their account was removed, does not prevent the same person from opening a new account a moment later. All they have to do is use a different email address. This is a no-brainer even for a moron. They are going through some lame motions to look like they are doing something, but the fact is that the ONLY - I REPEAT ONLY - way to prevent this sort of thing from happening is for parents to actually supervise their children online. You can NEVER replace parents with law enforcement, and NOTHING you do will prevent ALL crime - EVER. Simple rule though: if mom or dad can't be there to watch, then you can't go online.
blondeperson99Mar 6th 2009 12:21AM
i disagree with Master Shake in his statement that parents absolutely have to supervise their children on line. For kids under the age of ten, this rule is advisable to have in place so that kids don't go on websites they shouldn't be on (whether it was by accident or on purpose), and so they don't start talking with some random stranger they met online. (honestly, kids those ages still tend to have a disneyish view of the world, so it would be better to watch them) i do think that older kids, like over 10 should be allowed to surf the web by themselves, with parents occasionally checking up on them. we shouldn't just rely on the websites for patrolling and making sure no perverts are on there, because it is like Master shake said, it's really easy to create a new account. i just hope that media coverage has scared kids enough so that they'll think twice before accepting someone's friend request.
sauerkrautApr 13th 2009 1:11AM
supervising a teenager online is a never-ending process. i get tired of scrubbing the hard drive of inappropriate pictures and have on more than a few occasions pulled the plug on the machine. but then here comes the school with yet another internet research project.
5600 and 90000 removed is better than none removed.