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Myspace Implementing New Technology.

By Bitesize ⋅ December 6, 2006 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Myspace Are Hoping To Use Technology Desgined By Sentinel Tech Holdings Corporation To Cut The Number Of Sex Offenders That USe Their Social Networking Site.

The Technology Will Cross Reference Government Databases Of Registered Sex Offenders.  Not Only Cross Referencing Names And Addresses, But Also Height, Weight, Age And Eye Colour.  They Intend To Have A Staff Base To Sort Out Any False Positives And To FOllow Up Any Potential Threats.  BUt How Well Will This System Work?

With Over 130 Million Users On Myspace And 320,000 More Signing Up Everyday. Thats Alot Of Details And There Are Sure To be A lot Of False Positives.  It Will All Depend On How Effectively MYspace Staff Get Through The Warnings.  This Is To The First Kind OF Technology Used On Social Networking Sites Across The Internet.

 

The Technology Is Primarily Designed To Check The United States Public Databases Which Are Available In 46 States With 550,000 Registered Sex Offenders..  Likely Other States And Even Countries Will Opt In To The Program And Allow A Certain Amount Of Access To Private Databases.  After All Everybody Wants To Protect Children, Right?

Only 20% Of Myspace Users Are Under 18.

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