MySpace and U.S. states issue Web safety principles
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Social network MySpace, a popular  online hangout for teens, and 49 U.S. state attorneys general  on Monday issued guidelines for protecting youths on the  Internet with the aim of promoting those principles throughout  the industry.
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Faced with legal demands from state attorneys general, MySpace.com said yesterday that it would release information on registered sex offenders it has identified and removed from the social-networking Web site.
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TechWeb - The popular social networking site is taking steps to protect its young users.
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A new police tool on the Internet has prompted hoax sites on MySpace.com, and the popular networking site is shutting them down.  At least 16 police or sheriffs&#39; departments appeared to have profile pages on MySpace to seek investigative tips or deter predators, but USA TODAY found that at least six were fakes.
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By Staff Reports  Adults users should protect their personal and financial information from 'phishing.'   Many older users may be leery about safety when using MySpace.
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By Dave Tompkins  LEXINGTON - Social networking, a new term for online personal sites like MySpace and Facebook, is unfamiliar to most people, but Lexington school Superintendent Brent McArdle is committed to educating parents, students and teachers to its dangers.
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Kevin Poulsen of Wired News has followed several stories this month about MySpace security breaches.  (parent.thesis) blogger Amy Tiemann asks why these reports haven't gotten wider coverage.
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By Lindenberger, Michael  The popularity of social networking Web sites is shedding light on the increasing complexities of policing student behavior on campus while respecting their rights to privacy and free speech.
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By Scott Rothschild, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  May 27--TOPEKA -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison said a recent agreement with MySpace Web site to provide information on thousands of sex offenders is just one step in continuing efforts to monitor social networking on the Internet.
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By Bob Dyer, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jan. 30--Regular users of MySpace may have noticed numerous changes during the last five days.
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Two U.S. senators said on Thursday  they would introduce legislation that would potentially protect  users of popular social networking sites like News Corp's  MySpace from registered sex offenders.
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New York lawmakers proposed  legislation on Tuesday that would provide new protection from  convicted sex offenders hanging out on social networking sites  like Facebook and MySpace.
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Social networking website MySpace says it will release tools to identify and block US sex offenders from its site.
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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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you SOCIAL-networking internet sites such as MySpace aren't as unsafe as they're made out to be (Mail).   I'm 17, have been a MySpace member for more than a year and have never had problems with people sending me dirty messages or asking me for nude photos.
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MySpace.com, the social networking site, said Tuesday that it would begin cross-referencing its users against state databases of registered sex offenders.
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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.