2 teens charged with MySpace.com extortion
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Two New York teenagers were in police custody Wednesday facing illegal computer access and attempted extortion charges after they allegedly threatened to shake down the popular Web site MySpace.com unless its operators paid them &#36;150,000, prosecutors said.
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Social-networking site Xanga.com Inc. and its operators said yesterday that they would pay a $1 million fine for alleged violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, at a time of heightened parental and government concern about children's safety online.
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Faced with legal demands from state attorneys general, MySpace.com said yesterday that it would release information on registered sex offenders it has identified and removed from the social-networking Web site.
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MySpace is sued by the families of five girls who were allegedly assaulted by men they met through the site.
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By Charles Keeshan  ckeeshan@@dailyherald.com  Authorities arrested a 16-year-old Cary boy accused of sending a threatening message and graphic images of mutilated genitalia to a female acquaintance through the social networking Web site MySpace.
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A controversial new report into MySpace alleges that its founders came from companies involved with spam, spyware and adware.
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Two men were charged Thursday with providing financial support to terrorists and recruiting members for terror groups around the globe.
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Universal Music Group sues MySpace - claiming the site is encouraging users to illegally share copyrighted material.
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An agreement between MySpace and most U.S. state attorneys general aims to significantly increase the safety of minors on the popular social network.
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Texas police arrested seven convicted  sex offenders after MySpace handed over identity details about  the former members of the Internet social network, the Texas  attorney general&#39;s office said on Thursday.
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MySpace, the internet site specialising in social networking, claims to be drawing young people away from television and video games as they use its web pages to make friends and money.
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A 14-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by another user of MySpace.com sued the social networking Web site Monday, claiming it does not take sufficient steps to protect underage members.
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Dutch authorities have charged two teenagers with cybercrimes on suspicion of bringing down government Web sites last month by flooding them with traffic, public prosecutor said Friday.
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A 13 YEAR old Taiwanese boy has been arrested for running a sexual services business on the web. More than 100 teens had signed up for the boy&#39;s &quot;compensated dating&quot; site which usually refers to youngsters trading sex for money or gifts.
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By ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU After issuing a subpoena to the online site MySpace.com, Attorney General Lisa Madigan last week received the names of nearly 600 registered Illinois sex offenders who could be using MySpace to prey on children.
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A high school assistant principal is suing two students and their parents, alleging the teens set up a Web page on MySpace.com in her name and posted obscene comments and pictures.
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By Linda Deutsch, ASSOCIATED PRESS  LOS ANGELES -- Two young New York men accused of trying to extort MySpace.com by developing code to track users pleaded no contest Monday to illegal computer access in a bargain with the prosecution.