MySpace Update
Porn; Fire Bombing; sex charge; Extortion and more in this week's "MySpace.com" report...
My (porn) space.com
David Usborne in New York says:> "Rupert Murdoch has been caught with his trousers down by investing in the hugely successful (and smutty) website... Rupert Murdoch, it is best we know, does not subscribe to Playboy. But he may want to call up its website, and check out the box declaring "The Girls of MySpace - The Search is On!" If he's interested, he'll see that the print version is planning a pictorial spread of said maidens later this spring. [End Quote]
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Fire Bombing Video
Teens arrested after posting firebombing video on MySpace.com
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA says:
> "Two teenage boys were arrested on charges of possessing "destructive devices" after a video allegedly showing the duo firebombing an empty airplane hangar was posted online at MySpace.com, a social networking site. Novato police said a tip led them to watch the video, which provided clues for identifying the hangar's location and the teens who were arrested Tuesday." [End Quote]
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Sting on Myspace.com nets sex charge
The Union Leader - Manchester, NH, USA says:
> "A Massachusetts man was arraigned in Nashua District Court yesterday after Hollis police charged him with contacting a person who he thought was a 14-year-old girl through the popular teen Web site MySpace.com. The “girl” turned out to be Hollis Police Sgt. Rich Mello. [End Quote]
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Using MySpace.com For Extortion
UGA Student Charged With Using MySpace.com For Extortion
News4Jax.com - Jacksonville, FL, USA says:
> "Police have charged a University of Georgia student with using a popular Internet site to try to extort a 17-year-old Forsyth County girl to have sex with him. [End Quote]
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