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MySpace Sued Over Online Predators

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News Corp., the parent company of MySpace, has been hit with a lawsuit from four families that have had minor children abused by adults they met on MySpace.

Critics including parents, school officials and police have been increasingly warning of online predators at sites like MySpace, where youth-oriented visitors are encouraged to expand their circles of friends using free messaging tools and personal profile pages.
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Aside from the obvious "parental responsibility" questions, why doesn't MySpace just make the site 18 and older and require age verification? That eliminates the whole problem or at least it would limit their liability.
 
These kinda of frivilous lawsuits make me sick. Parents never think the problem is with them and not some third party.
 
Steve said:
Aside from the obvious "parental responsibility" questions, why doesn't MySpace just make the site 18 and older and require age verification? That eliminates the whole problem or at least it would limit their liability.
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It seems to me that the majority of people who use MySpace are under 18 (or at least act like it).
 
Steve said:
Aside from the obvious "parental responsibility" questions, why doesn't MySpace just make the site 18 and older and require age verification? That eliminates the whole problem or at least it would limit their liability.
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Because a shtload of kids use myspace, I know many cousins of my own that are around 16years old that have myspace and use it very frequently. But if somehow they lose this lawsuit, then making it 18+ is the only viable route.
 
Steve said:
Aside from the obvious "parental responsibility" questions, why doesn't MySpace just make the site 18 and older and require age verification? That eliminates the whole problem or at least it would limit their liability.
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This would go against their initial goal of creating a space for musicians and bands. It wouldn't be very helpful to bands if fans could only sign up if they were 18.

I don't think there are any grounds for suing them. Sure, their site could protect information better, but Myspace shouldn't be held accountable for what people choose to display in their blogs and such.

For all we know the parents could've been behind the whole thing!

"Okay, Ashley, this is Myspace. I want you to try to get in touch with an older man while exploiting the site's minimal information security. Try to meet him, get relatviely abused by him, and then come to us. We'll sue for millions at the expense of your childhood dignity."

"MySpace serves as an industry leader on Internet safety and we take proactive measures to protect our members," Hemanshu Nigam
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Haha. :p
 
Steve said:
Aside from the obvious "parental responsibility" questions, why doesn't MySpace just make the site 18 and older and require age verification? That eliminates the whole problem or at least it would limit their liability.
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But that would make entirely too much sense and cut into MySpace's revenue stream.
 
I don't ever see any merit in any of these lawsuits. Myspace doesn't force you to post your info, they don't force you to meet up with some older man. They don't force the man you met up with you to assult you.

Maybe they should also sue all 3 ISPs involved (one of the child, one for the man, one for Myspace's servers), then sue to maker of the computer, then sue the teachers of the child for teaching them to read, then sue the teachers of the man for teaching him to write, then sue the owner of the place they meet up at for allowing them to meet there, then sue the owner of the place the assult took place as they let it happen there by not having better security in place to stop such an attack. Then sue the child's school for not having tought them at an early enough age not to meet up with older people you meet online as they might try to have sex with you. Almost forgot all the electric companies that supplied power to run the computers and servers. And whom ever it was that taught the developers of Myspace to program as without them the site would never had been made and this would have never happened. Think that should be a good start.
 
But he said Internet safety is a shared responsibility, requiring users to "apply common sense offline safety lessons in their online experiences and engage in open family dialogue."
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this is the quote of the day people. I know quite of few people who are underage using myspace. Quess what, their parents check it and regulate it and their use (ie set their site to private, parents have the kids in their friends list to keep tabs on bulletins and such, etc etc) and seriously, if these kids were at a mall and met someone hold and got abused, would you sue the mall for not having enough security officers to follow everyone around and hold their hand? come on people, take some responsiblity for your actions. They make it look like a one-way situation when in fact, the kids are the ones giving out the info.
 
Exavior said:
I don't ever see any merit in any of these lawsuits. Myspace doesn't force you to post your info, they don't force you to meet up with some older man. They don't force the man you met up with you to assult you.

Maybe they should also sue all 3 ISPs involved (one of the child, one for the man, one for Myspace's servers), then sue to maker of the computer, then sue the teachers of the child for teaching them to read, then sue the teachers of the man for teaching him to write, then sue the owner of the place they meet up at for allowing them to meet there, then sue the owner of the place the assult took place as they let it happen there by not having better security in place to stop such an attack. Then sue the child's school for not having tought them at an early enough age not to meet up with older people you meet online as they might try to have sex with you. Almost forgot all the electric companies that supplied power to run the computers and servers. And whom ever it was that taught the developers of Myspace to program as without them the site would never had been made and this would have never happened. Think that should be a good start.
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the truly sad part is what you are saying is true....i work in the law field and see NUMEROUS lawsuits that have 10-20+ defendants for the very reason you are stating....the legal system is failing the general public and making a few rich assholes richer
 
Steve said:
Aside from the obvious "parental responsibility" questions, why doesn't MySpace just make the site 18 and older and require age verification? That eliminates the whole problem or at least it would limit their liability.
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first off....i personally HATE all "age verification" sites and never sign up for them (do you really want myspace to have your CC info?) and the site was never meant to be an "adult" site. Its a site where everyone can stay in touch with eachother regardless of age. But just like in the "real" world (ie parks, community centers, etc), you will find pyscho that you need to watch out for.
 
So if I post my personal info somewhere out in the open for everyone to see, then willingly agree to meet some wierdo, then somehow it's not my fault for being an idiot?
 
bildad said:
So if I post my personal info somewhere out in the open for everyone to see, then willingly agree to meet some wierdo, then somehow it's not my fault for being an idiot?
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according to The law firms, Barry & Loewy LLP of Austin, Texas, and Arnold & Itkin LLP of Houston; the answer is yes
 
Steve said:
Aside from the obvious "parental responsibility" questions, why doesn't MySpace just make the site 18 and older and require age verification? That eliminates the whole problem or at least it would limit their liability.
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another point to this topic (what happened to "edit" in this thread?) :

Lets say that our little [H]Forum grew and grew, like quadriple every six months, and everyone adding is becoming active users. and in the meeting of people here (thru sales, thread post etc), the same thing happened. Would that mean we would have to go to age verify to being to be a member of the forums? Would Kyle and the crew WANT this place to be age verify only? cuz i know that there is at least a few underage readers here and alot that were underage when they first came across the [H]. Age verify is just another comp-out to a bigger problem being presented here. The bigger problem is that people want society and "powers the be" to be the ones who tells us what we can and cant do. im sorry people, but we all cant have babysitters following us around 24/7 and making sure we are safe. Its time to own up and take some responsibility for your own actions. and these kids are at least FOURTEEN....they should be able to be unsupervised and start to learn how to live their lives on their own without a mommy/daddy figure watching over them. (or IDK, maybe actually having THEIR mommy and daddy look after them and not myspace)
 
roftranspo said:
this is the quote of the day people. I know quite of few people who are underage using myspace. Quess what, their parents check it and regulate it and their use (ie set their site to private, parents have the kids in their friends list to keep tabs on bulletins and such, etc etc) and seriously, if these kids were at a mall and met someone hold and got abused, would you sue the mall for not having enough security officers to follow everyone around and hold their hand? come on people, take some responsiblity for your actions. They make it look like a one-way situation when in fact, the kids are the ones giving out the info.
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I've lost faith in common sense. Turns out its not all that common.
 
Just curious but why do you highlight the topic as a URL address if after you open it and click it again it just opens the same window? Making you search for the actual url that takes you to the article? Just curious. I almost always open a double window of the small article summary without meaning to until I hit the real article due to that.
 
Ahh yes, more people who can't take responsibility on themselfs.
 
Oh gawd.. I hate people. Hate them!

If this is truly the case, what keeps [H] member from filing a lawsuit with [H] if a trade goes awry in the FS/FT Forum? I would never dream of doing it, and I hope I didn't give some jackass the idea, I'm just curious as our laws are always ambigious enough to apply to any situation.
 
SPARTAN VI said:
Oh gawd.. I hate people. Hate them!

If this is truly the case, what keeps [H] member from filing a lawsuit with [H] if a trade goes awry in the FS/FT Forum? I would never dream of doing it, and I hope I didn't give some jackass the idea, I'm just curious as our laws are always ambigious enough to apply to any situation.
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English is a vague and ambigious language to begin with and lawyers just make it worse.
 
I'm gonna sue Myspace for polluting the internet and thus my online experience.

...and for sucking some of my friends into their lame teenage septic tank of awfulness.
 
Evil said:
Just curious but why do you highlight the topic as a URL address if after you open it and click it again it just opens the same window? Making you search for the actual url that takes you to the article? Just curious. I almost always open a double window of the small article summary without meaning to until I hit the real article due to that.
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GJSNeptune said:
I'm gonna sue Myspace for polluting the internet and thus my online experience.

...and for sucking some of my friends into their lame teenage septic tank of awfulness.
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myspace isnt that bad of a place, they just attract ALL of the idiots out there. If you use myspace for what it is intended, then its fine. the problem is that too many people abuse the crap out of it tho.
 
roftranspo said:
and these kids are at least FOURTEEN....
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How do we know that? They could enter anything as their date of birth. Same with those "well developed" underaged females who say they're 18.

And how do you really verify age? Having a credit card isn't necessarily proof of age. Fax or email a copy of your driver's license? It could easily be Photoshopped to alter the DOB.
 
Lethal said:
How do we know that? They could enter anything as their date of birth. Same with those "well developed" underaged females who say they're 18.

And how do you really verify age? Having a credit card isn't necessarily proof of age. Fax or email a copy of your driver's license? It could easily be Photoshopped to alter the DOB.
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the article disclosed their age ;) and everything else you said i agree with completely and is the reason this is a personally responsibility issue and not a myspace issue.

GJSNeptune said:
Uh huh. :p
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i use myspace to keep in touch with most of my friends since it is easier then calling 50+ people everyday to see what is up with them. and it has allowed me to find and meet up with people who i lost contact with after school. and i have found the organizing a bday party is alot easier especially in the inviting part of it.
 
Lethal said:
How do we know that? They could enter anything as their date of birth. Same with those "well developed" underaged females who say they're 18.

And how do you really verify age? Having a credit card isn't necessarily proof of age. Fax or email a copy of your driver's license? It could easily be Photoshopped to alter the DOB.
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Making matters worse is the fact that MANY kids on MySpace don't even lie, you see this all the time:

Age: 13

Had anyone from MySpace even bothered to look at some of these profiles they'd know that kids don't even bother to lie. If you search your zip code for 18 (the lowest age on the menu) to 20, see how many pop up 14 and under. Ugh.

And, to PROVE Lethals point about the lying to get in...someone PLEASE tell me with a straight face this girl is really 19. :eek:
 
Steve said:
Making matters worse is the fact that MANY kids on MySpace don't even lie, you see this all the time:

Age: 13

Had anyone from MySpace even bothered to look at some of these profiles they'd know that kids don't even bother to lie. If you search your zip code for 18 (the lowest age on the menu) to 20, see how many pop up 14 and under. Ugh.

And, to PROVE Lethals point about the lying to get in...someone PLEASE tell me with a straight face this girl is really 19. :eek:
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she TOTALLY looks 19 :eek: :rolleyes:

and yes.....ALOT of kids dont lie about their age on there, but in my experience reading articles like today's, i find that alot of the time either the girl, the guy and/or both lie about their age and that is what leads to bad shit happening usually. I remember one article with a 26ish guy and 14ish girl, the girl said she was 18 and the guy said he was 19-20ish. They believed eachother, met, had sex and then afterwards (guy must have been bad at it) the girl's parent have the guy arrested and charge with stationtory (sp?) rape and child molestation and the parents were sueing myspace for that too :mad:
 
Suing for everything is just getting way the hell out of hand in the first place.

It is almost like a contest...who can sue for the most retarded crap.
 
I hate myspace because when some of my friends hang out at my house, they want to use my PC to look at their myspace, send out one liner messages to every other friend, and look at pictures all day. It's rediculous. I didn't build this quadruple digit machine for myspace! Play some friggen games if you're gonna use my computer! :mad:

I have one, but don't even use it.
 
SPARTAN VI said:
I hate myspace because when some of my friends hang out at my house, they want to use my PC to look at their myspace, send out one liner messages to every other friend, and look at pictures all day. It's rediculous. I didn't build this quadruple digit machine for myspace! Play some friggen games if you're gonna use my computer! :mad:

I have one, but don't even use it.
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dont let your friends use your computer :D and really....do you really trust your friends NOT to give you some spy/ad/crap/etc/ware? i know i dont since im the one who is usually fixing their machines for that. see...another example a wrongful responsibility redirection.
 
In this case, parents don't take the blame, myspace does. Myspace has created a filthy culture of posting half naked pictures of your self, this easily invites scumbags onto the site. It's almost like porn.

Myspace takes full responsbility, they should clean up their site. They should clean up their code too while their at it too, half the buttons and features on myspace don't even work.
 
roftranspo said:
dont let your friends use your computer :D and really....do you really trust your friends NOT to give you some spy/ad/crap/etc/ware? i know i dont since im the one who is usually fixing their machines for that. see...another example a wrongful responsibility redirection.
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I know the feeling. I'm the local tech guy, pretty pathetic given my limited software/hardware understanding. But if you can build a PC in my town, you're golden. I too run around fixing all their computers. My friends and family have several frankenstien machines that I've serviced. Some of them are brand names, Compaq, HP, Dell, etc. with broken hardware that I've replaced with my own stock pile of random parts. "Your Voodoo3 is dead? No fear! Take this TnT2!" Virus and spy/ad/malware scans are fun too. I find as many as 200-7000 infected files. I just tell them to never buy anything on their computers. I wonder how many of them are zombies. :confused:

In any case, I trust them! My PC is pretty locked down. Not that it can't be exploited, but they'd have to be doing some serious pr0n downloading or physically attempting to hack my computer to cause any damage. Is there a bluecoat, SQUID, or MS ISA proxy for domestic use?:D
 
provoko said:
In this case, parents don't take the blame, myspace does. Myspace has created a filthy culture of posting half naked pictures of your self, this easily invites scumbags onto the site. It's almost like porn.

Myspace takes full responsbility, they should clean up their site. They should clean up their code too while their at it too, half the buttons and features on myspace don't even work.
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the culture created the filth not myspace. Myspace in no way, shape or form requires that you post half naked pictures of yourself. And myspace actually does scan their site for offensive content and deletes it when they find it (or its reported to them, there is a button for that), but come on, that alot of profiles to scan/regulate on a consistant basis.


i do agree that they need to clean up their code tho:D
 
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