26 June 2006

MySpace under fire over children's access

Law enforcement officials from around the U.S. have called on News Corp.'s MySpace.com to take steps to verify the ages of persons signing up to use the social networking site, as a means to ensure that kids under the site's allowable age are not gaining access.

MySpace Receives More Pressure To Limit Children's Access to Site MySpace, one of the most-visited sites on the Internet, is facing a growing chorus of critics. Although wildly popular with teenagers, it has also been used by sexual predators to contact young potential victims.

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