Roy Cooper says a task force on social networking did not do its job.
Speaking at the spring conference of the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington this afternoon, the attorney general disagreed with a task force that said sex predators are not a major problem on sites like Facebook and MySpace.
The Internet Safety Technical Task Force was created by 49 attorneys general to look into the problem of sexual solicitation of children online.
Its 278-page report, released in January, said that children were unlikely to be propositioned online and teens were willing participants.
In brief remarks at the conference, Cooper said he shares the concerns of other attorneys general about the report.
He said the task force interpreted its mission in an "overly broad" way and "did not concentrate on what we asked them to do."
After promoting state legislation and considering multistate litigation, Cooper said he now has hopes that technological advances on identity verification can address the problem, along with education and law enforcement efforts.
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I don't get it
Did Cooper disagree with the findings or the process? The task force said there's not a big problem. What problem then is he trying to address?
This feels weirdly like he's looking for a problem to go along with some solutions he already has in mind.