February 29, 2008

Harvard scholars head MySpace task force (MSNBC)

MySpace.com - still in the news! Check out the below.

China Central Television has partnered with MySpace China and Tudou.com to run an interactive website for the Beijing Olympics in August, according to a Wall Street Journal report.Report: MySpace China to be involved in interactive Olympics site (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Leading Internet scholars at Harvard Law School will head a task force exploring the safety of users at MySpace and other popular online hangouts amid growing fears that youngsters have become targets of sexual predators.Harvard scholars head MySpace task force (MSNBC)

ANDERSON, Ind. - A city police dispatcher is on administrative leave after racist and other offensive content were discovered on his MySpace page, officials said.Anderson dispatcher on leave after racist content on MySpace page (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

MySpace said today it will host a concert in Kuwait for U.S. Armed Forces on March 10 billed as “Operation MySpace.” Operation MySpace will feature performances by pop artists the Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, rock bands Disturbed and Filter, mashup artist DJ Z-Trip and comedian Carlos Mencia. read moreMySpace To Host Concert For Troops In Kuwait (WebProNews)

Officials say a city police dispatcher is on administrative leave after racist and other offensive content were discovered on his MySpace page.Anderson dispatcher on leave after racist content on MySpace page (WISH-TV Indianapolis)

Harvard University scholars will head a task force investigating internet safety. They’ll explore the safety of users at MySpace and other popular online hangouts amid growing fears that youngsters have become targets of sexual predators.Harvard To Investigate Myspace, Networking Sites (WBZ Boston)

SEATTLE, Wash. — Four teenagers have been charged with raping a teenage girl they met on the MySpace Web site, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Prosecutors said the boys met a 16-year-old Bellevue girl, got her drunk and then raped her in the back of a car.4 Teens Charged With Raping Girl Met Through MySpace (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

Anderson dispatcher on leave after racist content on MySpace page (WISH-TV Indianapolis)

Time to alert the MySpace.com users:

China Central Television has partnered with MySpace China and Tudou.com to run an interactive website for the Beijing Olympics in August, according to a Wall Street Journal report.Report: MySpace China to be involved in interactive Olympics site (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Leading Internet scholars at Harvard Law School will head a task force exploring the safety of users at MySpace and other popular online hangouts amid growing fears that youngsters have become targets of sexual predators.Harvard scholars head MySpace task force (MSNBC)

NEW YORK (AP) — Leading Internet scholars at Harvard University will convene a yearlong task force to explore how children can avoid unwanted contact and content when using MySpace and other popular online hangouts.MySpace chooses Harvard scholars to lead task force exploring Internet safety (The Times and Democrat)

Leading internet scholars at Harvard Law School will head a task force exploring the safety of users at MySpace and other popular online hangouts.Harvard to probe MySpace security (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

ANDERSON, Ind. - A city police dispatcher is on administrative leave after racist and other offensive content were discovered on his MySpace page, officials said.Anderson dispatcher on leave after racist content on MySpace page (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

MySpace said today it will host a concert in Kuwait for U.S. Armed Forces on March 10 billed as “Operation MySpace.” Operation MySpace will feature performances by pop artists the Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, rock bands Disturbed and Filter, mashup artist DJ Z-Trip and comedian Carlos Mencia. read moreMySpace To Host Concert For Troops In Kuwait (WebProNews)

Officials say a city police dispatcher is on administrative leave after racist and other offensive content were discovered on his MySpace page.Anderson dispatcher on leave after racist content on MySpace page (WISH-TV Indianapolis)

Harvard University scholars will head a task force investigating internet safety. They’ll explore the safety of users at MySpace and other popular online hangouts amid growing fears that youngsters have become targets of sexual predators.Harvard To Investigate Myspace, Networking Sites (WBZ Boston)

February 28, 2008

Harvard to probe MySpace security (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

MySpace.com - still in the news! Check out the below.

MySpace said today it will host a concert in Kuwait for U.S. Armed Forces on March 10 billed as “Operation MySpace.” Operation MySpace will feature performances by pop artists the Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, rock bands Disturbed and Filter, mashup artist DJ Z-Trip and comedian Carlos Mencia. read moreMySpace To Host Concert For Troops In Kuwait (WebProNews)

Jessica Simpson will join rock act Disturbed and comedian Carlos Mencia in Kuwait to entertain U.S troops March 10. The event will be broadcast live on MySpace.com. .??.??. Los Angeles police say they are looking into allegations by Britney Spears’ mother that the pop star’s sometime companion Sam Lutfi drugged Spears. Capt. Kyle Jackson said in a statement Wednesday that officers are trying to …Show for U.S. troops will be on MySpace (Denver Post)

China Central Television has partnered with MySpace China and Tudou.com to run an interactive website for the Beijing Olympics in August, according to a Wall Street Journal report.Report: MySpace China to be involved in interactive Olympics site (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)

ANDERSON, Ind. - A city police dispatcher is on administrative leave after racist and other offensive content were discovered on his MySpace page, officials said.Anderson dispatcher on leave after racist content on MySpace page (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Harvard University scholars will head a task force investigating internet safety. They’ll explore the safety of users at MySpace and other popular online hangouts amid growing fears that youngsters have become targets of sexual predators.Harvard To Investigate Myspace, Networking Sites (WBZ Boston)

SEATTLE, Wash. — Four teenagers have been charged with raping a teenage girl they met on the MySpace Web site, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Prosecutors said the boys met a 16-year-old Bellevue girl, got her drunk and then raped her in the back of a car.4 Teens Charged With Raping Girl Met Through MySpace (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

East alerts parents to graffiti (The Beacon News)

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THE constant pokes, friend requests and incessant invitations to play poker or write on each other’s “Fun Wall” have taken the cyber-shine off Facebook.Popularity wanes for Facebook, MySpace users (Australian IT)

BELLEVILLE — Police arrested a Governor French Academy student on Monday for allegedly making a terrorist threat against students on the social networking site MySpace.Belleville student arrested in MySpace threat (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

AURORA — Extra police officers patrolled East Aurora High School Tuesday after a student scrawled a worrisome message on a bathroom wall.East alerts parents to graffiti (The Beacon News)

Police in Shepparton are concerned children as young as 10 have been filmed drinking alcohol.MySpace photos shows 10-year-olds drinking: police (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

YULEE, FL — A teenager accused of making threats to bring a gun to school on his MySpace page is in court following his arrest last Thursday in Nassau County.Teen Back in Court Following MySpace Threat (First Coast News)

Police Officer Faith Carter is the Crime Prevention Officer for the 111th Precinct in northeastern Queens, but the crime she talks about happened on Staten Island.Cops teach kids, parents cyber-safety (Queens Courier)

Belleville student arrested in MySpace threat (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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

AURORA — Extra police officers patrolled East Aurora High School Tuesday after a student scrawled a worrisome message on a bathroom wall.East alerts parents to graffiti (The Beacon News)

BELLEVILLE — Police arrested a Governor French Academy student on Monday for allegedly making a terrorist threat against students on the social networking site MySpace.Belleville student arrested in MySpace threat (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Does a youth you know have a page on a personal Web site like MySpace? Do they use a cell phone to text message their friends? Do they visit chatrooms, download music, share videos and photos and play games?Parents, concerned citizens invited to learn more about keeping youth safe online (Oceana’s Herald-Journal)

Police Officer Faith Carter is the Crime Prevention Officer for the 111th Precinct in northeastern Queens, but the crime she talks about happened on Staten Island.Cops teach kids, parents cyber-safety (Queens Courier)

Four teens are facing rape charges after a 16-year-old girl identified her attackers through a MySpace.com page.Teens face rape charges after attack started on MySpace (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

The family of a 15-year-old girl who killed herself after having sex with an adult she met online is suing MySpace for allegedly facilitating their communication — though court records show the two didn’t meet over the social networking site.MySpace Sued Over 2006 Teen Suicide (Wired News)

February 27, 2008

10:30 a.m.: Anderson dispatcher on leave over racist MySpace page (The Herald Bulletin)

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A man police say was preying on women he met on MySpace to commit fraud and theft was arrested Wednesday by investigators.Man accused of defrauding women he met on MySpace arrested (Deseret Morning News)

YULEE, FL — A teenager accused of making threats to bring a gun to school on his MySpace page is in court following his arrest last Thursday in Nassau County.Teen Back in Court Following MySpace Threat (First Coast News)

An Oregon town recalled its mayor Monday after she posted photos of herself in a bikini next to a fire truck on MySpace.com. Carmen Gronquist lost her job by only three votes.Oregon Mayor Recalled After Posting Pic On MySpace (KTHV Little Rock)

A teenage girl from Brooklyn used MySpace to track down a thug who stole her cell phone.MySpace used to track down thief (WABC-TV New York)

MySpace and TMZ are set to launch a branded channel Wednesday on the social networking site’s TV page.MySpace and TMZ launch Web channel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

NEW YORK - MySpace and TMZ are set to launch a branded channel on the social networking site’s TV page. TMZ will contribute two or three clips per week to MySpace TV . These videos, which will have already screened on the celebrity news site’s syndicated TV program, will be found online exclusively on MySpace for 24 hours after the airing.Top gossip does MySpace deal (The New Zealand Herald)

An Anderson Police Department dispatcher has been placed on paid leave over the contents of his MySpace page, according to an Indianapolis TV station.10:30 a.m.: Anderson dispatcher on leave over racist MySpace page (The Herald Bulletin)

A police dispatcher and reserve officer is under scrutiny because of posts on his Myspace page.Controversial Myspace Page Gets Dispatcher Put On Leave (WRTV Indianapolis)

A Brooklyn teenager became a cyber-sleuth when she used the MySpace Web site to track down a teen who mugged her on the street and stole her cell phone. Yudelka Polanco, 16, said the juvenile delinquent robbed her on as she was walking home in Williamsburg in January.Teen Catches Alleged Mugger Via MySpace Flirting (WCBS-TV New York)

You attend a party in the residential halls where alcohol is served. You take pictures of yourself drinking and post them on Myspace or Facebook. You’re underage. Should you be punished? That’s the latest debate among students who say schools have no right to punish them when it’s on their own time.Myspace: Incriminating students (The Easterner)

Myspace: Incriminating students (The Easterner)

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NEW YORK - MySpace and TMZ are set to launch a branded channel on the social networking site’s TV page. TMZ will contribute two or three clips per week to MySpace TV . These videos, which will have already screened on the celebrity news site’s syndicated TV program, will be found online exclusively on MySpace for 24 hours after the airing.Top gossip does MySpace deal (The New Zealand Herald)

A man police say was preying on women he met on MySpace to commit fraud and theft was arrested Wednesday by investigators.Man accused of defrauding women he met on MySpace arrested (Deseret Morning News)

An Anderson Police Department dispatcher has been placed on paid leave over the contents of his MySpace page, according to an Indianapolis TV station.10:30 a.m.: Anderson dispatcher on leave over racist MySpace page (The Herald Bulletin)

A teenage girl from Brooklyn used MySpace to track down a thug who stole her cell phone.MySpace used to track down thief (WABC-TV New York)

An Oregon town recalled its mayor Monday after she posted photos of herself in a bikini next to a fire truck on MySpace.com. Carmen Gronquist lost her job by only three votes.Oregon Mayor Recalled After Posting Pic On MySpace (KTHV Little Rock)

A police dispatcher and reserve officer is under scrutiny because of posts on his Myspace page.Controversial Myspace Page Gets Dispatcher Put On Leave (WRTV Indianapolis)

A Brooklyn teenager became a cyber-sleuth when she used the MySpace Web site to track down a teen who mugged her on the street and stole her cell phone. Yudelka Polanco, 16, said the juvenile delinquent robbed her on as she was walking home in Williamsburg in January.Teen Catches Alleged Mugger Via MySpace Flirting (WCBS-TV New York)

MySpace and TMZ are set to launch a branded channel Wednesday on the social networking site’s TV page.MySpace and TMZ launch Web channel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

YULEE, FL — A teenager accused of making threats to bring a gun to school on his MySpace page is in court following his arrest last Thursday in Nassau County.Teen Back in Court Following MySpace Threat (First Coast News)

February 26, 2008

MySpace Invaders: (The Arbiter)

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

The family of a 15-year-old girl who killed herself after having sex with an adult she met online is suing MySpace for allegedly facilitating their communication — though court records show the two didn’t meet over the social networking site.MySpace Sued Over 2006 Teen Suicide (Wired News)

In an age where younger and younger children are allowed access to personal computers and unsupervised online freedoms, child Internet safety is a growing concern.Highway Patrol cruises MySpace (News Democrat Journal)

A Dr. Phillips High School student was suspended after a violent threat appeared on the MySpace web site, a shooting threat against students at his own school. Investigators said the teen tried to make it look like the threat came from a student at a rival high school. VIDEO: Students Talk About Message Threatening Shooting READ: School Message Sent To Parents About MySpace Threat POLICE REPORT: …Student Accused Of Posting Threat Against School On MySpace (WFTV 9 Orlando)

It’s an average Friday night. You decide to go out and have a little fun with your friends. Someone heard about a party so you load up a car and head over. One thing leads to another and the next thing you know your feet are being held over your head and you’re sucking beer out of a keg.MySpace Invaders: (The Arbiter)

Time to alert the MySpace.com users:

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