Is MySpace Safe? … 162 Sex Offenders From Mississippi Alone

July 11th, 2007 MySpace has submitted another list of sex offenders to authorities. In response to a subpoena by New Jersey Attorney General, MySpace handed over information on sex offenders that joined since May 21st.

February 3rd, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Social networking website MySpace.com has said that it had ejected more than 90,000 registered sex offenders following an agreement last year with state attorneys general to improve child safety. The figure, which MySpace provided to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, was more than double the number that MySpace had predicted that it would find when it launched the crackdown on online threats to minors.

March 27th, 2009 A teenager from New Jersey has been arrested after she uploaded 30 nude photos of herself to her MySpace page, and is now facing child pornography charges. The 14-year-old girl had posted the pictures to a social networking site "because she wanted her boyfriend to see them," a police spokesman revealed.

January 23rd, 2007 MySpace has filed suit against notorious spammer and self-proclaimed "spam king" Scott Richter and alleged cohorts for sending what could become known as MySpam. Yesterday MySpace filed a complaint in a District Court in Central District of California, USA demanding a jury trial against Richter's for sending spam messages disguised as communications from members to other MySpace members.

September 4th, 2006 It is surprising to see MySpace still allows simple hacks like this. You can view any user's private videos on MySpace with this simple trick.

May 9th, 2007 I get tons of requests to hack MySpace so someone can spy on their wife / husband / girlfriends / spouse / daughter. The requests are varied but the overall theme is same.

March 5th, 2009 Myspace has this annoying feature where your friends can see the last time you logged into your account. This may seem a trivial issue but suppose you have come to your account specifically for someone and don't want to entertain all your friends.

September 26th, 2006 Ever since I had written a post on how Samy hacked MySpace, I have been inundated with comments asking me how to hack MySpace. It is obvious that the people asking didn't realize that the actual purpose of the article was not to help hacking MySpace, but to discuss about an intelligent exploit after it was patched.

June 3rd, 2008 How MySpace Accounts Get Hacked This video shows how MySpace accounts gets hacked. The modus operandi is simple: 1.

November 30th, 2007 In MySpace on average (based on sample size of 2071208 images) 15 photos are uploaded per user. Considering only users who have at least one or more photos uploaded, they have on average uploaded a staggering 32 photos.

June 16th, 2009 MySpace to cut 30 percent of work forceLOS ANGELES — MySpace is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a move the News Corp.-owned online hangout says will make it more efficient. The cuts amount to about 420 people, bringing the total number of MySpace's U.S.

June 20th, 2006 A 14-year-old Travis County girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on MySpace.com sued the MySpace for $30 million, claiming that it fails to protect minors from adult sexual predators. The lawsuit claims that the Web site does not require users to verify their age and calls the security measures aimed at preventing strangers from contacting users younger than 16 "utterly ineffective." What do they expect MySpace to do? Ask every registrants to provide photocopy of age or driver's license? At the core I think the primary responsibility of managing their children is on the parents.

February 2nd, 2008 I had previously stated clearly that I will not help anyone to hack MySpace, even if I did know how to. Guess how can you incite me? Here is a very interesting email I received through the contact form which does that admirably: emily waters wrote: well you answered my question you said you dont help people hack into someones elses myspace but i really think you dont know how for i have read it is difficult.

October 5th, 2009 MySpace names Rosenbaum as its first finance chiefNEW YORK — The social networking hub MySpace says it has named Mark Rosenbaum as its first chief financial officer. News Corp.-owned MySpace said Monday that Rosenbaum will report to CEO Owen Van Natta, who replaced co-founder Chris DeWolfe in the company's top post in April.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - A new survey has shown that the MySpace generation is more able to talk about themselves online than in real life. The new research conducted on British MySpace users aged 14 to 21 showed that 36 percent found it easier to talk about themselves online than in the real world.