Social networking site fined for gathering children's data
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FTC dishes out $1m penalty A social networking website has agreed to pay a $1m fine to settle with authorities over allegations that it collected, used and disclosed personal details of children under 13.â¦
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COPPA bracelet America's laws protecting children's privacy online are working just fine, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But just to make sure, it will slap violators with bigger fines.â¦
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Web sites like Club Penguin have introduced social networking to children. Welcome to MySpace in braces.
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MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site &#151; more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, officials in two states Tuesday.
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A police officer at a Florida middle school faces a state criminal probe because one of the 170 people on his friends list had a link to an adult website in his or her profile.
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Antisocial behaviour register gets thumbs-up A nuisance youth database described as "an educational tool" has won parents' approval, according to police in Clacton.â¦
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By Joe Miller, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Feb. 10--Twenty percent of children between 10 and 17 years old have received unwanted sexual solicitations online. Twenty-five percent of children have been exposed online to unsolicited sexually explicit photos.
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Six convicted sex offenders have been arrested in Texas for posting online profiles on the MySpace social networking site.
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Stay offline or face 18 months in jail, $10,000 fine Convicted sex offenders who used websites to help them commit their crimes are to be banned from using the internet under a tough new measure signed into New Jersey law yesterday.â¦
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Prosecutors in New York state are investigating whether social networking website Facebook is living up to its word when it comes to protecting young Internet users from sexual predators.
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Oxford University staff log on to Facebook and use evidence they find on profiles to discipline students.
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In the wake of a Wired News investigation, the social networking site
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Social network sites are being urged to do more to help young users report online abuse.
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Social-networking sites have become an integral part of life for most teens, with talk of collecting friends and tweaking profile pages peppering chatter both online and off. But if a Connecticut lawmaker has his way, access to the sites by underage users would require parental consent.
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DNA fingerprints of more than 100 children aged under 10 stored despite their being younger than the age of criminal responsibility.
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By J. Scott Trubey< Staff Writer  The Columbia County Library will play host Thursday night to a program  for parents wanting to know more about the dangers of online communities  such as MySpace.com.
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These aren't your teenager's social networking sites.