FMCG News South Africa

MySpace backlash builds heat

MySpace may have done the right think in expelling 29,000 known sexual offenders from its network, but the social networking giant isn't earning many plaudits for taking the action. Instead, critics are lambasting MySpace for giving a misleading report on the extent of the problem earlier this year, and for taking too long to shore up security.

If executives at MySpace expected to win praise as good corporate citizens for ridding their Web site of 29,000 registered sexual offenders, those hopes have vanished by now.
Since the news came out, criticism of the social networking site only seems to have grown among public officials, parent and watchdog groups, and the general public.

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