Bill To Bar Sex Offenders From Social Networking Sites

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and other lawmakers are planning on introducing a new bill to keep sex offenders off the social networking sites, Myspace and Facebook:

The law would require all registered sex offenders to submit any e-mail addresses and other Internet identifiers, such as screen names used for instant messaging, to the State Division of Criminal Justice Services within 10 days of their creation, just as with their home addresses.

The bill also would allow the state to share the e-mail addresses with sites like Facebook and MySpace. Officials with both companies have agreed to check their databases against the lists provided by the state. If the addresses match, the companies said that they would terminate the users’ accounts and alert the authorities. When setting up accounts with the sites, users must submit valid e-mail addresses.

Although this bill is not 100% foolproof, it is a step in the right direction. The next bill that should be introduced needs to contain provisions where convicted felons, who engage in online scams, are banned from the social networking sites.

For example, Stan "Pampy" Barre, III, a convicted felon had his Myspace page deleted when the site realized that he was impersonating a famous rapper. That however, did not stop Stan "Pampy" Barre, III. He just started using the site again under another account. Social networking sites need to institute provisions that ban people, like Mr. Barre from using their sites since he used the social networking site, Myspace, to lure an underage person into engaging in drinking.

Live Performances Distributed By Myspace

According to a New York Times report, MySpace, the addictive social networking site which draws millions of viewers weekly, is currently planning to give "MTV Unplugged" and VH1’s "Storytellers" a run for its money.

The pop culture powerhouse has started a new program called Transmissions, which will enable specially selected MySpace artists to record live shows, which will then be distributed exclusively through MySpace.

Unlike MTV’s penchant for turning "Unplugged" performances into live albums months or years later, because of the lightening-fast publishing capabilities of the internet, the MySpace performance content and music will be available for viewing immediately on MySpace.

MySpace will also allow artists the opportunity to take control of their entire performance. Instead of producers choosing sets and requesting songs for musicians to perform, Transmissions artists will select their own location and songs.
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It is also a great thing that Myspace is eliminating profiles who pose a danger to others. Stan "Pampy" Barre, III, a convicted burglar from New Orleans recently had his site deleted from the popular social networking site. The 41 year old unemployed father of four was trying to pass his tasteless sounds off as recordings by Lil Wayne. The site was immediately deleted due to the perpetrated fraud by Mr. Barre.