Two-year effort nets online safety pact between MySpace, state AGs
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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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ALBANY, N.Y. -- MySpace reached an agreement with legal authorities in 49 states on changing its social networking Web site to help prevent sexual predators and others from misusing it, state officials said Monday.
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By Mark Johnson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 13--RALEIGH -- Attorney General Roy Cooper wants to require MySpace.com to install parental consent programming so that children and teens younger than 18 in North Carolina can't use the popular Web site without mom or dad's approval.
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More than 140 sex offenders convicted in New Jersey had profiles on the networking Web site MySpace, the state's attorney general said on Tuesday.
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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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MySpace has reached an agreement with more than 45 states to change to help prevent sexual predators and others from misusing it, state officials said Monday.
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MySpace announces an agreement with 49 state attorneys general to protect children on the popular social networking site.
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MySpace China gives users the power of instant messaging.
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New York&#39;s attorney general and state legislative leaders presented a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting people from sexual predators on the Internet, and Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo backed the effort.
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MySpace's musical venture with SNOCAP underlines changes underway.
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MySpace.com is planning new restrictions on how adults may contact its younger users in response to growing concerns about the safety of teenagers who frequent the popular online social networking site.
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Researchers at Pace University found that users of social networking sites are willing to share personal information even though they know the security is suspect.
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MySpace's agreement with 49 attorneys general to create a social-networking safety plan is a step in the right direction.
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MySpace has been advocating that governments require sex offenders to register their online identities. On Monday, it may have found its first ally in that fight: Robert McDonnell, the attorney general for the state of Virginia.
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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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A coalition of major media and Internet companies Thursday issued a set of guidelines for handling copyright-protected videos on large user-generated sites such as MySpace.
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By Randy Myers, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  May 29--In hopes of making the Internet a safer place for children, concerned parents tap into a multitude of resources.