February 17, 2007

Lawsuit Against MySpace Dismissed (socalTech.com)

Good morning!

Today I found the following articles about MySpace.com and parenting.

News Corp.’s MySpace Inc., operator of the social-networking Web site, won dismissal of a lawsuit that accused it of failing to protect underage users from sexual predators.Texas suit against MySpace dismissed 1:28 PM CST (Dallas Morning News)

The parents’ lawsuit, claiming that the networking site failed to protect users from predators, is dismissed. Whose fault is it that 13-year-old “Julie Doe” lied about her age, met a guy on MySpace.com and was allegedly sexually assaulted by him in a Texas parking lot?Judge says MySpace isn’t liable for alleged sexual assault on girl (Los Angeles Times)

News Corp.’s MySpace said on Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the families of two teenage girls who were victims of sex predators found on the popular Internet social network.MySpace teens suit dismissed by Texas court (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Illinois lawmakers are being asked to ban access to social networking Web sites like MySpace from computers in public libraries and schools.Lawmakers propose MySpace ban (The Washington Times)

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Wednesday that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has dismissed a lawsuit against the firm. The negligence lawsuit was filed against MySpace by the families of two tteenage girls who were victims of predators they met on MySpace…. (more)Lawsuit Against MySpace Dismissed (socalTech.com)

State lawmaker cites risk from predators A bill in the Illinois Senate would banish social networking Web sites like MySpace from public libraries and schools, a unique effort on a state level to thwart online sexual predators.Bill limits Web sites at schools, libraries (Chicago Tribune)

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