●マイスペースがプレディターのデータベース作成

　マイスペースが失踪した子供たちを探すセンターにプレディターのデータベースを贈ったようです。
プレディターのリストは個々の州が製作していますが、マイスペースとその関連企業がそれを接続するデータベースを開発し、センターに寄贈しました。裁判を回避したり、有利に進めるための努力と考えられています。

　▼　MySpace donates sex offender database to center

　http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/tc_nm/myspace_sexoffender_dc_4

MySpace will donate use of its database, which combines close to 50 U.S. state registries on convicted sex offenders, to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The center will use the database to help law enforcement in their investigations.

"Protecting children is too important for MySpace to continue taking feel-good baby steps," Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in a statement.

Blumenthal heads a coalition of prosecutors from 39 U.S. states that is considering legal action against MySpace, saying the network fails to protect teens attracted to its service to share photos, blogs, music and videos.

"We will consider every available option, including possible legal action, if the site continues to resist age verification," Blumenthal said.

MySpace has increased efforts to block convicted sex predators from the site. Earlier this month, the families of five girls abducted by adults they met on MySpace sued the company for negligence.

　日本ナレッジマネジメント学会　専務理事　山崎秀夫