MySpace has introduced aggressive new measures to protect users — particularly children and adolescents — against sexual predators. Up until now, the social networking site has made incremental changes to its policies, usually in response to parental or congressional outcry. This latest set of steps, however, are arguably the most aggressive the popular site has taken thus far. The new measures are part of a deal MySpace forged with 49 state attorneys general, many of whom had been increasingly viewing this and other sites with dismay and, in some cases, prosecutorial intent.
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MySpace, 49 State AGs Mount Massive Predator Blockade
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 15, 2008 11:48 AMMySpace has introduced aggressive new measures to protect users — particularly children and adolescents — against sexual predators. Up until now, the social networking site has made incremental changes to its policies, usually in response to parental or congressional outcry. This latest set of steps, however, are arguably the most aggressive the popular site has taken thus far. The new measures are part of a deal MySpace forged with 49 state attorneys general, many of whom had been increasingly viewing this and other sites with dismay and, in some cases, prosecutorial intent.