MySpace, States Sign Kids Online Safety Pact
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MySpace and 49 state attorneys general have agreed on a plan to protect underage social network users from online predators.
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Cingular Wireless LLC, the nation's largest cell phone provider, has made a deal with MySpace.com that will allow MySpace users to access their profiles through Cingular phones.
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The popular online hangout MySpace said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders, the site's latest attempt to address complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens.
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VeriSign Inc.  and a children's safety group unveiled a new technology on Thursday that they said would make it easier for children to avoid child predators online.
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U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday proposed requiring sex offenders to register their e-mail and instant messaging addresses with law enforcement authorities in a bid to protect children using popular social Internet sites like MySpace.
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Social network MySpace, a popular online hangout for teens, and 49 U.S. state attorneys general on Monday issued guidelines for protecting youths on the Internet with the aim of promoting those principles throughout the industry.
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By ANICK JESDANUN Associated Press  NEW YORK -- The popular online hangout MySpace said Tuesday it would develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders in the site's latest attempt to address complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens.
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Attorneys general from every U.S. state except Texas reach an agreement with the social-networking site over how Web companies can work to protect children's safety.
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By Dave Tompkins  LEXINGTON - Social networking, a new term for online personal sites like MySpace and Facebook, is unfamiliar to most people, but Lexington school Superintendent Brent McArdle is committed to educating parents, students and teachers to its dangers.
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Networking website MySpace agrees to hand over details on US sex offenders removed from its service.
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Under mounting public pressure, MySpace.com had little choice but to hand over to state authorities information on registered sex offenders who might cruise the Internet to lure unsuspecting youngsters.  But more remains to be done to protect the vulnerable from online predators.
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New York state's attorney general and legislative leaders introduce legislation to protect people online.
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By Tulsa World, Okla.  May 28--Many older users may be leery about safety when using MySpace. That's understandable, as media reports about online predators often single out such social networking sites as prime vehicles for these criminals.
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A Web site that enables its users to store photos and video for inclusion in MySpace profiles will become a part of the popular online hangout.
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MySpace.com has agreed with 45 states to add extensive measures to combat sexual predators.
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HARTFORD -- Connecticut lawmakers unveiled legislation yesterday that would require MySpace.com and other social-networking sites to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors could post profiles.
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MySpace will let its users send and receive messages, comment on pictures, post bulletins, update blogs, find friends and update their mood status on cell phones.