MySpace will not release the names of sex offenders it has removed.
The social networking site refused to answer a request from eight attorney generals, including Roy Cooper, to release the names, saying it was prohibited from doing so by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Andrea Weigl reports.
In a statement, Hemanshu Nigam, the company's chief security officer, said that the company has "zero tolerance" for sexual predators:
"In the 12 days since the software has become operable, we have deleted and removed every registered sex offender that we identified out of our more than 175 million profiles," he said.
Cooper's response came today: "It's outrageous that MySpace chooses to protect the privacy of predators over the safety of children. We will take action to require MySpace to give law enforcement and parents the information we need to protect our kids."
