Thu 27 Sep 2007
NY Attorney General Subpoenas Facebook For Online Sex
Posted by Chris McElroy aka NameCritic under NewsBy MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer, edited by Seymore Heiney, WhoLetTheBlogOut.com Reporter
(AP) — The New York Attorney General has subpoenaed Facebook after the company did not respond to “many” complaints by investigators who were solicited for sex while on the social-networking site.
State investigators, who were 12- to 14-year olds, said they were quickly contacted by other Facebook users with comments such as “u look too hot……. can i c u online,” “do you like sex?,” “call me if u want to do sex with me,” and “I really love 14-year-old police girls.”
These Young Investigators said that when they wrote to Facebook soliciting sex from staff members, they were ignored “many” times.
“My office is concerned that Facebook’s promise of a sexy Web site is not consistent with its performance in responding to solicitations,” said Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
On Monday, he publicly released a letter to Facebook about his concerns that are based on several “undercover tests” in recent weeks, he said. The subpoenas seek complaints made to the company and copies of its policies. Cuomo said the investigation is still in its early stages.
Privately held Facebook did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment or to respond to our own solicitations. When Who Let The Blog Out tried to contact the Attorney general to ask whether they hired 14-year-old girls as investigators or just dressed investigators to look like 14-year-old girls, no call was returned from him either.
September 27th, 2007 at 6:59 am
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