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The social-networking site MySpace, which has long been a way for sexual predators to reach out to children, has taken a small, but important, step to help keep the bad guys out. As reported in last September’s OC Family and Inland Empire Family magazines (September 2007), state attorney generals a few years ago began mining MySpace in search of predators; North Carolina identified 29,000 last July on the site; MySpace took those names down. Now, the company has agreed to work with 49 state attorneys to verify the identities and ages of people who use the site. Some 300 million MySpace accounts exist. While the minimum age to open an account is 14, the challenge has always been those adults who pose as teens and lure unsuspecting children. By at least creating the impression that an effort is underway, fewer predators may use MySpace as a lure. “This is an industry-wide challenge and we must all work together to create a safer Internet,” security chief Hemanshu Nigam said in a statement. Executive Editor Craig Reem is blogging about this; go to inlandempirefamily.com and click on “Feedback” to give your advice and comments on Internet predators. |
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