Hm... all right, MySpace.Com hates sex and loves money.
The following comes from a [http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20060331-104433-2293r|March 31, 2006 article] from www.UPI.com:
MySpace.com removed 200,000 "objectionable" profiles from its network to address fears of Internet security, the Financial Times reported.
The site removed profiles containing either hate speech or risqué content.
The announcement was made by Ross Levinsohn, president of News Corp's Internet division at the Bank of America Media, Telecommunications and Entertainment Conference in New York.
Acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corps last year, the site boasting some 65 million users and 250,000 news users each day, is hoping that this is one of many strategic steps in becoming more profitable to advertisers.
So, Murdoch (the guy who owns Fox) thinks sex doesn't sell? I can sort of understand them deleting the accounts of MySpacers who look like they might be going after underage girls, but people who post "risque" content? What does that word even mean by today's standards?
Free speech takes another hit, thanks to Murdoch and the quest for more cash.
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