Many young people post inappropriate information on myspace.  They become targets for pedophiles.  Do you have suggestions on how to protect them?
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no.\n\nmyspace is not intended for pornography. the people in control of it should crack down on nude photos, but otherwise, it's the responsibility of the user to keep his or herself safe. users should have enough sense not to post pictures, clothed or nude, and not to post age, sex, location, IM, email address, etc. anyone who chooses to do so does this at his or her own risk. \n\nparents should do a better job teaching their children. children should never post personal information or pictures on the internet. they should also be taught not to talk to strangers on the internet, just like they are taught not to talk to strangers in person.\n\nlast but not least, myspace has a terms of services agreement that clearly states, "MySpace.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Services."
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I think that people are over-reacting. I know there are a lot of sickos out there, but I'd say 98% of the people using the Internet nowadays are normal, everyday people who don't want to hurt anyone. And I wish people would just let up on MySpace - I've reconnected with people I haven't talked to in years because of MySpace and have been able to keep in better touch with others.\n\nIf parents would teach their kids to be responsible and smart there would be fewer problems with kids being hunted and successfully trapped. Monitoring what they are doing on the Internet could do wonders as well.
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There should be link somewhere in myspace.com like "Report Abuse" and you can explain your concern. Also you can use "Contact US" link to contact them.
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please dont use limewire\nso many ppl got raped by\nposting pictures and telling\nstuff of themselves. on the news it said\nraping ppl can track u down from\nur computer thru my space. posting \npictures and stuff bout urself is like asking to be raped.
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first off you talk about how you want your myspace to not be dangerous to yourself. SO you post your url for everyone to see. this shows that you do not know how to be safe with myspace. stop giving out ur URL, don't add people that are not your real friends in real life. and another thing i didn't think of is telling what school you go to. if you tell and someguy decided to stalk you after school, they know exactly what you look like. problem is that all the stalker would have to do is look at your friend's profile and find out what school you go to.\n\nthis what i think about the "dangers" of myspace:\n\ndo not:\n*add friends that you do not know in real life, delete people that you do not know in real life.\n*do not post information that could help someone find you\n*do not post what school you go to. they know your picture, and your school, all they have to do is find your school and go there and look for you there. can you say rape?
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I dont think the person who made my space would come looking for you, besides its not one person who OWNS it, a bunch of people run it, and your information is PRIVATE AND SECURE unless you yourself give it out to some random person...\n\nThey keep your information in a database which is secure...\n\nA good alternative, is to sign up for myspace, but just dont use your real name or info such as that... That way if anyone ever was looking for specifically you, you wouldnt exists...\n\nMyspace is alright as far as peoples identities... Much stories on it about girls getting raped and etc...\n\nThey didnt get raped because someone found their address, they got raped because they were stupid enough to tell someone where they were, stupid enough to go actually meet them...\n\nIf you stick to your friends, you should not have a problem... Always remember, unless you KNOW THEM< you cannot trust them no matter how sweet they are.
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they can do whatever they want on there and no one cares or gives a fuck! i say it should be shutdown and never come back! to many kids get killed and kidnape because there not smart enough not to give there personal stuff like where they live, and there picture, and phone number no since people found out about myspace they get to abuse and kill kids it wrong and should be gone for good
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I don't really have the attention span to give you 10 reasons, cuz that's almost like an essay to me, but I will do my best....\nIf MYSPACE is a popularity contest then wow I'm glad to be a loser.\n\nThere are a lot of sites that have lost sight of their original purpose and have become twisted into a penis size competition by loner web geeks.\n\nThis Yahoo question/answer point thing is rapidly turning the same way.\nPeople are not asking real questions or giving real answers and in some cases I've seen friends playing for points with each other. One asks a question, the other answers and even though the answer is total crap, he picks his over and over again to boost his points. Like geta hobby much?!\n\nOr the fake pedophile guy who says a bunch of offensive stuff and gets everyone all fired up and upset. Then they bite back and post a whole lot of insults, therefore giving them the attention he wanted in the first place.\n\nActually MYSPACE is starting to look kinda inviting....\n\nWOW!!\nSorry....I guess I wrote an essay after all....hey wait a minute wasn't I suppposed to be talking about MYSPACE?!
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In the end, it comes down to parents knowing what their children are doing online and off.  We keep our computer in the kitchen in full view so I can keep tabs on any internet activity.  \n\nI don't think there's a lot Myspace can do, they can't police all the teens using the site, that's up to the parents
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It's a haven because parents don't pay enough attention to what their kids are doing.  Myspace is a haven for all types of criminals looking for cohorts.  I searched through the pages of several people from my step-son's high school after I found him chatting with a guy who was trying to build a bomb.  Some of the girls (ages 14-16) had pictures of themselves posted that were anything but appropriate and they all claimed to be adults.  The dialogs being carried on contained sexual content, drug references, planned assaults on other students, planned explosive "demonstrations", and other inappropriate references.  \n\nMyspace.com requires all its members to be at least 16 but it doesn't check anybody.  I had to remove my step-son twice and it took two weeks each time.  I practically had to get a signed statement from him in order to have him removed but he had unrestrained access to the site simply by signing up online.  They clearly have failed to live up to their responsibility to monitor their own product.\n\nNone of this is intended to diminish the culpability of offenders that use myspace to look for victims.  They are fully responsible for their own actions.  The only upside of myspace is that it also provides law enforcement officers with a place to look for preditors, the downside still outweighs that singular benefit though.
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There are probably millions of people on MySpace.  What you hear on the news is the bad stuff.  My son's been on MySpace for quite a while.  He doesn't get into trouble on it.  If you're not careful, you can get in trouble.  Those are the ones you hear about on the news.  It's like a lot of things.  If you use it right, it's OK.  If you choose to, you can use it wrong and get in trouble.  The whole internet is that way.
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If yahoo answers gets negitive publicity from CNN parents will be convinced that its the answer to their children's saftey too.\n\nMyspace and even Yahoo answers should monitor more the content and ages of kids.\nIt is true what you say. No amount of banning is going to stop kids from doing it. if its not myspace,yahoo 360,zanga,live journal it will be some other program or online community.I think the situation is more with  internet awareness education, not banning myspace accounts.
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Good question. Why don't you go on myspace and e-mail "Tom" (the creator of myspace - everyone's first "friend").\n\nMy opinion is that people should only be allowed to have profiles on myspace if they're 18 or older. That might help take care of the problem.
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they block em as soon as you find em. . \n\ntoo bad they didn't block yahoo answers at school.\n\nMaybe if it's so important for you to be on myspace during school time you could ask mom and dad if you can stay home from school to flirt with child predators all day long. . \n\nmaybe they'll letcha\n\nIf not, maybe our tax dollars should be used for what we are paying them for. . to educate you, not for you to spend all your school time checking to see who has more myspace friends than you.
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Hi pippy4tao,\n\n360 degrees Yahoo blog!  myspace has alot of kids, freaks & pedophiles.\nThink of something clever that will catch an eye & then tell  people go check  my blog & see what you think, what do you think I can do to improve my blog, interests, hobbies, write reviews on anything & everything. Yahoo team ask questions that you can respond too. Add your friends, family, co-workers every1 & everybody from Yahoo messenger or any messenger for that fact!  And be sure you have the time cause it's consuming sometimes. Good luck blogging! :0)
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Well, I had this problem except I found a website that contained ideas that should not be public. I reported it to myspace but like you said, they did nothing about you. You need to personally message Tom and tell him the problem. Give him the myspace link and ask him to please atleast speak with them about the matter.\n\nhope I helped.
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Tell your parents, report them to myspace and/or the police.\n\nDo not go to that web stie.  arrange to meet your friends elsewhere.\n\nYou can always create a private chatroom\n\nDO NOT SEND THEM ANYTHING!\n\nIgnore their threats.  They are simply words written on a computer screen.  \n\nFind out everything you need to know about computer security.  EVEN IF they are for real, they will have a difficult job entering your computer if you have kept it up to date.