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The social network site MySpace said yesterday that it has agreed with 49 states and the District to adopt new online safety standards to better protect children from sexual predators.MySpace To Act Against Predators (Washington Post)

Internet social networking sites can be “portals to hell.”Keeping predators at bay (The Bolingbrook Sun)

New York City prosecutors on Tuesday endorsed the United States’ first proposed law to ban registered sex offenders from social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, officials said.NYC may ban sex predators from online social sites (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

New York City district attorneys from all five boroughs endorsed New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s “E-Stop” legislation aimed at protecting minors from online sexual predators. read moreNYC Prosecutors Endorse Ban On Sex Predators (WebProNews)

McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden said his area found out the harsh reality that child predators can strike anywhere, showing that the state needs to toughen laws to prevent them from pursuing youngsters online. Hayden joined Attorney General Jack Conway, prosecutors and other law enforcement officers Wednesday in promoting a bill to strengthen the fight against online predators. The measure …Panel OKs bill to toughen laws against online child predators (Lexington Herald-Leader)