Rupert Murdoch's MySpace has become popular with sexual predators.

Now, "Hemanshu Nigam, formerly the director of consumer security outreach and child-safe computing at Microsoft, has been hired to look at ways to stop paedophiles and other criminals from using the site to look for victims," says vnunet.com.

"Nigam, who has already served as a federal prosecutor of internet exploitation cases, was an adviser to a congressional commission on online child safety and an adviser to the White House on cyberstalking," says the story.

Murdoch's News Corporation, which owns MySpace, recently announced a media campaign which among other things, states:

"One in five kids online is sexually solicited. Online predators know what they're doing. Do you?"

However, " MySpace is not the only site dedicated to networking among the young," says a Seattle Times Op-Ed. Others include Facebook.com and Xanga.com, "and all ought to consider some version of this company's move.

"Sexual predators are increasingly using the cloak of anonymity provided by online chat rooms, forums and social networking sites such asMySpace to pursue minors."

Also See:
sexually solicited - MySpace 'safety' ads, April 11, 2006
vnunet.com - MySpace hires security chief, April 13, 2006
Seattle Times - Help parents patrol the sexual Internet, April 14, 2006