MySpace Hires Head Security Officer

NEWS CORP.'S INTERNET COMMUNITY SITE –  Apr 13 — MySpace hired Hemanshu Nigam who was previously the director of consumer security outreach and child-safe computing at Microsoft.  Myspace is consolidating a number of duties; outreach to law enforcement, overseeing site security and user safety.  Myspace is deleting profiles that include "questionable material" (200,000 profiles), and is reviewing 2 million images a day.  It has also launched a series of online public service announcements on its own site as well as other News Corp. properties, warning users about online sexual predators. "1 in 5 kids online is sexually solicited. Online predators know what they're doing. Do you?"

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Mark Brooks: Smart move.  LA Times called into me last week to enquire about them and ask for user tips.  Myspace is going through a PR nightmare.