Time to alert the parents:

The social-networking site will distribute Amber alerts to its members, tying where the notices are issued to users’ ZIP codes. MySpace also will verify new members’ e-mail addresses and allow children to block adults from contacting themMySpace To Aid In Search For Missing Kids (CBS News)

By Anick Jesdanun The popular online hangout MySpace.com has been quietly developing software designed to give parents the bare-bones of what their kids are doing on the site.MySpace Works on Software to Notify Parents of Kids’ Profiles (RedNova)

MySpace-dot-com, the popular social-networking website, is teaming up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help track down children who end up missing or are exploited by sexual predators.MySpace Teams Up with NCMEC (R News)

MySpace is testing new software aimed at screening out predators who target young users. But the leader of a law-enforcement group says the social-networking giant is not doing enough.Tech: Targeting MySpace Predators (Newsweek)

The popular website MySpace is sometimes blamed for putting child predators in touch with young kids. Now, MySpace hopes to take an active role in finding missing children. The website says it will now broadcast Amber Alerts to it’s members in the areas they are issued.MySpace Teams Up With Amber Alert (KWWL Iowa)