by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
WPP has invested in the Chinese venture capital firm which is spearheading the launch of MySpace in China. The marketing services group headed by Sir Martin Sorrell has ploughed an undisclosed sum into China Broadband Capital Partners, a Beijing-based investor in the...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
More than 29,000 registered sex offenders have been found to have created profiles on MySpace, four times the number of sex offenders previously reported. Via Mashable.
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Social: Dating & Networking
After week of political posturing, the New York Times says that Myspace will hand over to state attorneys general the names, addresses and online profiles of thousands of known convicted sex offenders who have opened up accounts on the service. More than 7,000...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Legal, Profiles & Matching
Law enforcement officials are charging that the online social network MySpace has discovered thousands of known sex offenders using its service, but has failed to act on the information. So much for the Sentinel Sentry sex offender database. Hemanshu Nigam, the chief...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
The Economist reports that according to Hitwise, people are increasingly getting their daily allowance of porn via social networking. The online pornography industry is estimated to be worth about $1 billion, and counts for about 13% of website visits in America...