January 29, 2007

MySpace to participate in Amber Alert, kids safe once again? (MobileMag)

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FALLBROOK —- At two meetings next week, educators and volunteers will try to inform parents about MySpace.com, a “social networking” Web site whose popularity has spread like wildfire among teenagers nationwide.Forums planned to discuss MySpace (North County Times)

The Internet has long been used as an instrument by predators, but recently, the popular networking website MySpace.com has been singled out and placed under the microscope as the source of numerous sexual assaults - one in Iowa. Scott Seehawer, 24, and Winston Ramsdale, 20, both of Walker, Iowa, were jailed Wednesday and charged with third-degree sexual assault after they allegedly used the …MySpace under scrutiny as sexual-assault source (The Daily Iowan)

Online predators and your children know the meaning of POS and PAL. Do you?BSO Targets Online Predators Through Parent Education (NBC 6 Miami)

By Travis Fain, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Jan. 27–ATLANTA — Booming Internet social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are being targeted in a new bill meant to protect children from online predators. Senate Bill 59, which state Sen.Staton Bill Aimed at Youths, Internet (RedNova)

A Macon state Senator has proposed a bill that he says would give parents a lot more control over what their kids do on web sites like MySpace.com and Facebook.com.State Senator Takes on MySpace (WXIA-TV Atlanta)

Booming Internet social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are being targeted in a new bill meant to protect children from online predators.Staton bill aimed at youths, Internet (Macon Telegraph)

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