Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday #77, Part II
The Attorney General’s office in Connecticut did a simple cross-check, and deleted about 150 social networking accounts of known registered sex-offenders. Click the headline below to read the full story and watch a good video!
Remember, PC Pandora monitoring software is all a parent needs at home to KNOW who their child is talking to online…
January 26, 2010
Facebook, MySpace delete 150 Connecticut sex offenders (with video)
By Mary E. O’Leary, New Haven Register Topics Editor
HARTFORD — The simple matching of e-mail accounts with Connecticut’s registered sex-offender list has led to nearly 150 offenders being removed from Facebook and MySpace.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Connecticut was one of the first states to implement the e-mail registry, and the number of matches “shows the need for stronger vetting and vigilance. We are advising parents about these continuing dangers on social networking sites, which have been (cooperating) with us.”