MySpace in sex assault case
p2pnet.net News:- Five teenage girls were sexually assaulted by men they’d met through Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace, say the girls’ families.
Now they’re suing the site for negligence and fraud, says the BBC.
Owned byMurdoch’s News Corp, MySpace has become infamous as a haunt for sexual predators and this suit follows another filed by the parents of a 14-year-old American girl last year, says the story.
As part of its protection efforts, MySpace prevents users 18 and older from contacting 14- and 15-year-old members unless they knew the younger person’s email address, says the BBC, going on:
“The girls involved in the latest lawsuits were all aged between 14 – the minimum age for a MySpace account – and 15.”
The story has MySpace chief security officer Hemanshu Nigam, an ex-US Justice Department internet child exploitation prosecutor, declaring:
“We encourage everyone to apply common sense offline security lessons in their online experiences and engage in open family dialogue about smart web practices.”
News Corporation’s shares rose 1.7% in Thursday trading, observes the BBC.
Also See:
BBC – MySpace is sued over child safety, January 19, 2007
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January 19th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
it’s all about passing the buck. The parents expect myspace to do something it shouldn’t have to – be a parent. They expect myspace to monitor its users and make sure they’re not talking to anyone they shouldn’t be. Where do those parents get off? It’s not MySpace’s fault it’s popular, and it’s not their job to make sure these kids aren’t employing common sense tactics when talking to people.
And where are the parents? They are the ones that should be teaching these kids not to talk to strangers on the internet, and monitoring what their kids are doing to ensure their safety. Who’s next? Mall owners? Why, because they weren’t making sure the little kids weren’t talking to strangers? Hell no… that’s a parent’s job, and no one else’s.
Parents are lazy, kids are nieve, and lawyers are greedy
February 1st, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Idiotic fools. Your children will be raped more easily by allowing these kinds of things to proceed without a peep, and new “tougher laws” to be enacted that lull you into complacency and a false sense of security.
Visit angryoffender.com and get educated.