MySpace reached an accord with eight U.S. state attorneys general on Monday and will submit information on convicted sex offenders found on its service, Reuters reported. Last week, a group of U.S. law enforcement authorities criticized the social networking site for not releasing information from profiles of convicted sex offenders who have signed on as MySpace members. MySpace said it had identified, blocked and deleted about 7,000 such profiles, but had initially balked at handing over the information immediately, citing a disclosure law barring it from giving away the information without a court order.

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AP: MySpace obtained the data on the sex offenders using its site when it partnered with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp., which had to create a monitoring system from scratch because none had ever been devised before. The technology, which belongs to Sentinel Tech, can be used by other social networking sites, Angus said. The company has also arranged for law enforcers to use the Sentinel software directly. Still, despite the implementation of this and other security measures designed to protect children, Ohio AG Marc Dann, who filed a subpoena Friday, said MySpace needs to do more,  including implementing “an effective age verification system.”