March 3, 2008

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March 2, 2008

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Parents Outraged at Child Abuse, Satisfied with Sentencing (WTOC 11 Savannah)

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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)

The state’s bi-annual parents summit includes parents, educators, school administrators and elected officials from around the state. The purpose was to find ways to engage more parents in their children’s education’s and build stronger communities that will help improve our schools. Reporter Adrienne Augustus has the details.State Holds Parents Conference (KLAS Las Vegas)

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)

March 1, 2008

Time to alert the MySpace.com users:

Rape victim, 16, identifies suspects via MySpace.com (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

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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)

February 29, 2008

Harvard scholars head MySpace task force (MSNBC)

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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)