E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of July 23, 2007
There is no doubt that MySpace needs to focus on security measures designed to protect younger users. The Web’s most popular social networking site is the Internet home to 29,000 sex offenders.
(Link: NC AG: MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on its site, 4 times the figure previously disclosed at SilliconValley.com)
The owners of a rival social networking site have sued Facebook, claiming that Facebook’s founder stole their idea. "The three founders of ConnectU say [Facebook founder] Mark Zuckerberg agreed to finish computer code for their site, but repeatedly stalled and eventually created Facebook using their ideas."
(Link: Rival seeks to shut down Facebook, claiming founder stole idea at SilliconValley.com)
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Technorati Tags: MySpace, Facebook, ConnectU, social networking
One point of clarification: MySpace is home to 29,000 KNOWN sex offenders.
The average pedophile has 23 victims before they're caught.
Posted by: Angie Hartford | July 31, 2007 at 11:57 PM