The popular online hangout announced recently that it would develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders from preying on MySpacers.
The mega popular web 2.0 site is partnering with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. to create a database containing among other things: names; physical descriptions and other identifiable details on convicted sex offenders in the U.S.
MySpace.com will not adopt technology designed to verify site users’ ages, a move decried by some parents, teachers and police, all of whom have become increasingly worred about the dangers teens may encounter at MySpace and other social-networking sites. According to MySpace chief security officer Hemanshu Nigam, the new database “will allow us to aggregate all publicly available sex offender databases into a real-time searchable form, making it easy to cross-reference and remove registered sex offenders from the MySpace community. Critics continue to contend that savvy predators will continue to find ways to skirt online security.
