Connecticut lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require social networking sites to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for minors who want to post profiles. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal urged adoption of the legislation Wednesday, a day after a Connecticut man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for using MySpace to set up a sexual meeting with an 11-year-old Connecticut girl. The conviction came in one of several federal cases involving alleged sexual predators using the popular networking Web site to lure minors.
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Connecticut Calls for Legal Controls on Social Networking
Posted by: Tim Gray March 8, 2007 01:56 PMConnecticut lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require social networking sites to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for minors who want to post profiles. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal urged adoption of the legislation Wednesday, a day after a Connecticut man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for using MySpace to set up a sexual meeting with an 11-year-old Connecticut girl. The conviction came in one of several federal cases involving alleged sexual predators using the popular networking Web site to lure minors.