I think it’s great that MySpace has talked with top prosecutors throughout the country with regards to setting safety and security standards for teenagers using their service, but will it really put the minds of parent’s at ease?  While MySpace is still extremely popular (being one of the most visited websites on the Internet), will the company be able to protect all of its users.  After all, with all the issues that MySpace has had (i.e. malware-infested pages, child molester’s making their own profiles, etc.), will they be able to convince the parent’s of this country that their children are safe with their service?  While I think having this set of standards is a good start, I am still not convinced.

Social networking site MySpace announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement with the top prosecutors of 49 states and the District of Columbia to abide by a set of standards designed to promote the safety of young teenagers that use the Web service.

The standards, dubbed the Principles of Social Networking, call for social-networking services to create safe environments for their users through design and features, education of parents and teenagers, cooperation with law enforcement and research into security technologies. As part of its agreement with National Association of Attorneys General’s Social Networking Sites Executive Committee, MySpace pledged to make the profiles of young teenagers private, limit their contact with adults, and research ways of verifying identity and age.[more]

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