Using subscriber information provided by MySpace, Texas officials have arrested seven previously convicted sex offenders who illegally created profiles on the site. The arrests were described as the nation’s “first large-scale crackdown” on MySpace-enabled predation. The busts came after a two-week-long investigation aided by MySpace’s release of the suspects’ subscriber information, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said. The News Corp.-owned social networking site turned over the data “at the demand of attorneys general across the country,” said Abbott.
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Sex Offenders Nabbed After Violating Parole on MySpace
Posted by: Fred J. Aun June 15, 2007 11:08 AMUsing subscriber information provided by MySpace, Texas officials have arrested seven previously convicted sex offenders who illegally created profiles on the site. The arrests were described as the nation’s “first large-scale crackdown” on MySpace-enabled predation. The busts came after a two-week-long investigation aided by MySpace’s release of the suspects’ subscriber information, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said. The News Corp.-owned social networking site turned over the data “at the demand of attorneys general across the country,” said Abbott.