Time to alert the MySpace.com users:

Time to alert the parents:

Richard Mays, accused of raping two teenagers and using MySpace to target them, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of statutory rape and was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison. Mays, 48, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty in the middle of his trial as Mecklenburg prosecutors were about to finish presenting their evidence to the jury. The prosecutors told the Observer that the victims, both …Man pleads guilty in MySpace case (The Charlotte Observer)

Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society has announced that it will head a task force to examine tools to make the Internet safer for children. MySpace, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! are just a few of the companies involved, and they hope that by next year, they will have identified some industry-wide tools. Read More…Harvard, MySpace spearhead Internet safety task force (Ars Technica)

“Heightened Alert” Message at Monongalia County Schools Causes Concern Over Possible School ViolenceParents in Monongalia County Question Notification Over School Hoax (The Charleston State Journal)

Two young mothers who both knew Tina Richards, seen here during her hearing, think??her sentence for abusing 11-month-old Aiden Waller??is justified.Parents Outraged at Child Abuse, Satisfied with Sentencing (WTOC 11 Savannah)

Authorities today arrested a 21-year-old man accused of sending inappropriate cell phone text messages and MySpace.com pictures to children.Spring man charged with soliciting children online (Houston Chronicle)

Just got word that Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are playing a MySpace “secret” free show next Tuesday, March 4, the day the new “Real Emotional Trash” album comes out.Malkmus to play “secret” show on March 4 (The Oregonian)