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MySpace Sued by Families of Online Predator Victims

Posted by Zonk on from the nothing-funny-goes-here dept.

MySpace is facing more lawsuits, as the victims of sexual predators have filed suit against the social site and parent corporation News Corp. In total, four families from across the U.S. have joined together after their underage daughters were abused by men they met via MySpace. MySpace has responded to past allegations by putting in place educational efforts and partnerships with law enforcement. The company is also developing technologies to allow parents to have some measure of access to their child's account. From the article: "'In our view, MySpace waited entirely too long to attempt to institute meaningful security measures that effectively increase the safety of their underage users,' said Jason A. Itkin, an Arnold & Itkin lawyer. The families are seeking monetary damages 'in the millions of dollars,' Itkin said."

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  1. Re:Of course by gzerphey · · Score: 3, Funny

    To paraphrase Bender: Have you ever tried turning off the computer, sitting down with your children, and hitting them...

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  2. Re:Candy by unchiujar · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they exclude their underage users, what are the predators to do?. Will nobody think of the predators ?

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  3. In Other News: by derrickh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gravity Sued by Old People: 'Without the 'weak force' they never would have falled and would have no need to get back up'

    The Sun Sued by Skin Cancer Victims: 'The Sun knew it was hot, and still continued burning'

    The Internets sued by George Bush: 'President demands and end to "plural network" joke'

    Attractive Women Sued by Geeks: 'Nerds demand compensation for sweat stained shirts and ruined pants'

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  4. MySpace needs to take action! by Cornflake917 · · Score: 4, Funny
    FTA:

    "Hopefully these lawsuits can spur MySpace into action and prevent this from happening to another child somewhere," he said. Hopefully these lawsuits can spur Myspace to make a disclamer stating:

    "If you are retarded enough to meet up and give your personal information to a stranger, then please don't use this website."
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  5. Re:Weighing the options. by dr_dank · · Score: 3, Funny

    The result: Every comment I've seen on this thread (ok, there are only about 20 of them) has been in MySpace's favor. Not what you'd expect from Slashdot, until you factor in the bigger picture.

    Indeed. Some screechy ignorant asshole who believes that the internet is trying to fuck their children and thinks they deserve a free bag of money is far more distasteful than Myspace pages that could give Helen Keller a seizure.

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  6. I'm waiting for the next sequel... by haggie · · Score: 3, Funny

    Online Predator v. Online Alien