26 Jul, 2007
Careful where you click
Official: MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on its site
North Carolina's Roy Cooper is one of several attorneys general who recently demanded the News Corp.-owned website provide data on how many registered sex offenders were using the site, along with information about where they live.
After initially withholding the information, citing federal privacy laws, MySpace began sharing the information in May after the states filed formal legal requests.
At the time, MySpace said it had already used a database it helped create to remove about 7,000 profiles of sex offenders, out of a total of about 180 million profiles on the site.
Two MySpace spokeswomen did not immediately return calls seeking comment Tuesday.
photo courtesy images.google.com & story cpyu.org, 7/24/07
Proverbs 4:13-17 (NLT)
13 Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go.
Guard them, for they are the key to life.
14 Don’t do as the wicked do,
and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
15 Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
Turn away and keep moving.
16 For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day.
They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
17 They eat the food of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence!
What does today's God's Story scripture teach us about hanging out with or near the wrong crowd?
Read carefully the study notes from Tyndale's LIFE APPLICATION STUDY BIBLE:
4:13-17 Even friends can make you fall. It is difficult for people to accept the fact that friends and acquaintances may lure them to do wrong. Young people want to be accepted, so they would never confront or criticize a friend for wrong plans or actions. Many other people can't see how their friends' actions could lead to trouble. While we should be accepting of others, we need a healthy skepticism about human behavior. When you feel yourself being heavily influenced, proceed with caution. Don't let your friends cause you to fall into sin.
If you go online to the wrong places near the wrong people to check out the wrong things, you may not be victimized by a sex offender, but you will be missing God's best.
How can we connect today's God's Story scripture to our lives?
- Thank God for the simple, but practical Truth of His Word. Confess any way in which you have been straying down the wrong path with the wrong crowd online or in person. Thank Jesus for His forgiveness. Ask His Spirit to give you the courage to walk with Him every day rather than giving in to wrong influences.
- Memorize Proverbs 4:14-15 to help you remember and apply today's important truth from God's Word.
- In your journal, keep a written weekly evaluation of whether you are being influenced by friends online or in person, or if you are having a Godly influence on them?
How can we connect today's story, God's Story and our story to others?
Use the news report of MySpace finding 29,000 sex offenders to talk with your friends about making good choices. This may lead to them asking you why? Let Jesus help you make the 3 story connection.
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