Facebook Boots Sex Offenders

Facebook Facebook has removed 5500 sex offenders since May.
by Associated Press
Published: Fri, February 20, 2009 - 5:23 am CST Last Updated: Fri, February 20, 2009 - 5:26 am CST
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Connecticut's attorney general says the
world's largest social networking site is working to boot an
unwanted element.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says Facebook has removed
more than 5,500 convicted sex offenders from its member rolls since
May.
Facebook claims to have more than 175 million active members.
Blumenthal, along with North Carolina Attorney General Roy
Cooper has led an effort remove sex offenders from the social
networking Web sites. He says Facebook has an "equal stake in the
predator problem and its solution."
Chris Kelly, Facebook's chief privacy officer, says a focus on
members using their real names and identities helps discourage sex
offenders, and even more is being planned to prevent them from
registering.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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