Press Release. May 21, 2007

Attorney General Announces MySpace To Provide Convicted Sex Offender Information

"Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that MySpace has agreed to provide Connecticut with information he requested about convicted sex offenders with profiles on the site. Blumenthal commended MySpace for this decision and called for additional measures to protect children on social networking sites.

Blumenthal and other attorneys general wrote MySpace last week seeking the names and addresses of thousands of convicted sex offenders with profiles on the social networking web site. The letter also asked how many sex offenders MySpace has identified, how many profiles have been removed, as well as what steps the site has taken to purge them, and to alert law enforcement and users who communicated with the offenders.

"I am pleased that MySpace has heeded our demand, now by subpoena, to provide information about convicted sex offenders and confirm steps to remove them from the site," Blumenthal said."

http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?Q=381974&A=2788