Myspace.com Cracks Down and Promotes Safety
Monday April 10, 2006
Trying to shed the negative image that has been building against Myspace.com, the company has begun to crack down. First, they claim to have shut down as many as 200,000 profiles that were deemed to be too provocative or belonged to minors under age 14. Now, Myspace.com, along with other News Corporation web sites, Fox Networks Group broadcast networks, Fox All Access radio and the New York Post, plans to launch an ad campaign designed to educate users about the dangers of online sexual predators and concerns about sharing too much information on the Internet. Myspace.com currently has over 60 million profiles, of which they estimate more than 22% belong to minors. For more details you can read MySpace.com to Post Ads Promoting Safety. To learn more about protecting yourself from some of the security issues encountered on social networking sites, read Using Myspace.com Safely.
Comments
i am sorry but i do not like how you put this. If people are so worried bout safety of them or friends and family they should not talkt to old perverds. That is what i have to say. if it was so horrible no one would use it and it would be destroyed. dumb asses!!!
if you have to be a surtan age to get on myspace then why dowe have to have network security
People should not add older people if they dont even know them? especially if there older? i mean Come ONN people!? Use the commen sense dont talk to strangers i mean omg! i mean i know you want to get to know somebody new and make friends but jus t thinnk bout it? Like omg!!!! dont push Add????
this is my second comment on this i live in st.marys county MD. IM 16 and i have had a myspace for 3 yrs. i have had nothing to worry about on it , if you do not want people to mess with your kids then watch what your kids do!!!
I don’t believe that the story in question contradicts you. Of course parents should know what their children are doing online. I recommend using something like eBlaster to monitor that activity.
However, regardless of how great parents are or how trustworthy children are, there is no reason to allow known pedophiles to set up shop- especially with profiles that depict them as teens. Congratulations to you for safely navigating MySpace for 3 years, and I wish you continued succces. But, that success will be aided by efforts like this to remove people who obviously don’t belong and put in safety controls to ensure that users are legitimately who they claim to be.