( CNN ) -- MySpace.com has identified and removed 90,000 convicted sex offenders from its popular social-networking site , according to one of the dozens of state attorneys general who pressured the site to beef up its safety standards . MySpace.com 's chief security officer said in 2007 that the site has `` zero tolerance for sexual predators . '' Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal , who spearheaded the campaign to subpoena MySpace , told CNN Radio that he found the number `` appalling . '' `` These convicted , registered sex offenders clearly create profiles seeking to prey on children , '' he said . `` This revelation is totally appalling and unacceptable , and this shocking revelation , resulting from our subpoena , also provides compelling proof that social networking sites remain ripe with sexual predators . '' MySpace 's chief security officer , Hemanshu Nigam , issued a statement : `` As the first and only social networking site to use state of the art technology to identify and remove registered sex offenders from its site , MySpace is proud of its leadership position and hopes that Facebook follows our lead in providing their members with the same protections . As part of our longstanding partnership with law enforcement and state attorneys general , we will continue to readily provide information on these removed offenders for their investigations . '' In May , MySpace announced that it would provide the coalition of state attorneys general with information on sex offenders who use the site . `` We have zero tolerance for sexual predators on MySpace , '' Nigam said at the time , as he introduced a tool known as Sentinel SAFE to track online sex offenders . MySpace had initially refused to comply with the subpoena , citing federal privacy laws .
Reports of sex offenders found on the Internet ` ` appalling , '' Connecticut governor says . ` ` Social networking sites are ripe with sexual offenders , '' Blumenthal says . State attorneys general had ordered MySpace.com to beef up safety standards .