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MySpace announced this week that they’ve happily booted 90,000 registered sex offenders from their social networking site. But, as some research would reveal many of them simply took this in stride and made their way over to Facebook to do their business.
Former New York City police officer John Cardillo, and now CEO of Sentinel, a security technology firm based out of Miami, has said that Facebook is a “safe haven” for sex offenders. Notably, Facebook isn’t currently a client of his service.
After these gentlemen were booted from MySpace he did a search on Facebook for many of the same names. “We found over 8,000 offenders on their site without much effort,” stated Cardillo. “My professional opinion is that the real number is 15 to 20 times that.”
Cardillo’s Sentinel works by searching a gigantic database identify sex offenders. The database of offenders consists of more than 700,000 names, photos, dates of birth, email and IM addresses, and other “important data points.”
Well, let’s think of it this way – at least they probably don’t have access to Google’s Latitude.
Right?
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RedRage
February 05, 2009 at 4:40am
When people hear "Sex Offender" they think of rapists and child molesters, but never forget that the law makes no allowance for all the other sex crimes.
Anybody ever urinate in public?
Ever moon anyone when you were in High School?
Ladies, Mardi Gras? Spring Break?
Welcome to the list. See you at the Sheriffs office.
nekollx
February 05, 2009 at 11:32am
Boston Legal (i think) made a good point of this. One client was a sex affender. He served prison time but was still forced to "register" as i recall his "crime" was sleeping with a girl who was 16, who then said he raped her (but later recanted AFTER he went to prison, though he was still black listed for her being a minor). The neighbor hood he wanted to move into was trying to force him out because he "was a danger to their children" because he was on that "list" even though his crime was proven inocent.
In the end they won the case (don't they always?) but some anal twit shit the guy in cold blood to "protect the children"
festiva_man
February 05, 2009 at 2:01am
Depends on what they did... if they had sex with 16 yo when they were 18 then leave them alone. Pedo,s and Rapists etc (the harsh stuff) should be given the death penalty.
archangelx
February 04, 2009 at 6:19pm
Leave people alone who have done their time behind bars and are trying to get their life back together. People who are persistent felony offenders, now that's a different case and I have no sympathy for them.
Spider-Mom
February 04, 2009 at 8:20pm
"Leave people alone who have done their time behind bars and are trying
to get their life back together. People who are persistent felony
offenders, now that's a different case and I have no sympathy for them."Registered sex offenders....................are persistent felony offenders...........are on the list because of they reoffened and so that people can more easily protect themselvs from them
The ignorance some people show about these topics.....I think you guys got the short end of the genetic stick.
Spider-Mom
February 04, 2009 at 7:51pm
Sounds like what you guys need is a nice big WHAAAMBULANCE to come take you all away. The stats show that most of them are more concerned with reoffending than they are with getting there lives back together. Myspace took the rite action in removing them from a place that enables them to commit crimes. Furthermore, Myspace is a private service and can deny people that service based on what ever they chose.
nekollx
February 04, 2009 at 3:08pm
sounds like discrimination to me. Don't get me wrong i'm not pro-sex-ofending but iftheir registered that means they did their time, right? Is it really fair for a criminal who served his time to be railroaded out of Myspace liek they are out of neighborhoods.
It would be like if somoen robs your house, is arest, goes to prison, gets off on good behavior and does no other ciminal activities but no one lets them live in their neighborhood or use Their Facebook, bucause hes a dirty (well not really) criminal (ok reformed!)
Spider-Mom
February 04, 2009 at 8:15pm
"Don't get me wrong i'm not
pro-sex-ofending"
"... bucause hes a dirty (well not really) criminal (ok reformed!)"
So your claim is that they are not dirty and are reformed? Sounds allot like pro-sexofender speach to me. As a matter of fact, most psychologists agree that a child molester or sex offender can not be rehabilitated. And if you are forced to register as a sex offender, its not becaue you did something small one time. Its because you have been identafied as threat to other people.
"even though they just spent a portion of their LIFE behind bars and
were release because a state apointed board of appear felt they wereno
longer a danger to society?"
If they were ment to have the "the benifit of the doubt" acording to the law they wouldnt still be registered sex offenders. They are on the list for a reason.
"Is it really fair for a criminal who served his time to be railroaded out of Myspace liek they are out of neighborhoods."
Yes it is, and it was done FOR THE SAME REASON! So that they could not target children or others on Myspace for more crime. You are not very smart. Why should Myspace NOT have the right to protect its users from these people and try to make it a safer place? They are not simply being railroaded from the public because no one likes them. It does not take a genius to figure that out im sorry.
hg2WJW
February 04, 2009 at 4:10pm
This is discrimination. However, sex offenders are not protected by law. Protected statuses include: age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status depending on the state you live in. So, you can be discriminated against based on your criminal history.
I don't feel bad for sex offenders. But I wish that more of them sought help before committing crimes.
Mike
nekollx
February 04, 2009 at 4:33pm
I wasn't sayingtheir protected jsut that it isnt fair.
You do the crime, you do the time, their still treated like a outcast.
If you've done the time shount they be afford the benifit of the doubt?
Queenof1
February 04, 2009 at 5:26pm
A recovering alcoholic is still an alcoholic; recovering drug addict is still a drug addict. A sex offender who has served his/her time is still a sex offender. I will NEVER give pedaphiles the benefit of the doubt.
nekollx
February 04, 2009 at 6:08pm
even though they just spent a portion of their LIFE behind bars and were release because a state apointed board of appear felt they wereno longer a danger to society?
Spider-Mom
February 04, 2009 at 7:58pm
Your obviously very ignorant on the subject and your speech reveals that.
nekollx
February 05, 2009 at 10:40am
and you've proven (in other blogs) to be a closed minded biggot so if you don't mind i'll be ignoring anything you post.
Spider-Mom
February 05, 2009 at 8:23pm
LMAO yes yes when faced down withe the facts alls you can do is resort to calling people closed minded biggots. All the while you prove your self to be an ignorant flaming liberal. Very nice.
All of your examples are not only weak but fictional.
Welcome to the Registered Lamers List nekollx
You will here on out be ostrasised from groups who do not tolorate retardation.
