MySpace Vows To Protect Kids
By: Web Producer
Updated: January 14, 2008
MySpace Vows To Better Protect Kids On Its Website
(New York, NY) -- The popular social networking website MySpace has agreed to take significant steps to better protect children on its website.
MySpace agreed to consider a common abuse reporting mechanism to provide a means to report abuse on every content-containing page, allowing users to categorize the type of offensive content at issue via a drop-down menu.
MySpace will try to acknowledge reports made through the reporting mechanism within 24 hours and will report back to consumers within 72 hours of receiving complaints.
In an agreement on social networking sites safety unveiled today, MySpace also agreed to create a task force to explore and develop age and identity verification technology.
(Copyright 2008 by Newsroom Solutions)
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