MySpace and the Law

From MySpace to your space comes another perspective. “DJ” weighs in on the matter. I still contend that MySpace has usability issues out the wazoo, but that didn't keep me from creating my MySpace profile. I'm an adult, however – but “DJ” is working with children in the MySpace arena:
I couldn't agree more with you on this topic. But the problem with it is that most of kids who are using MySpace.com rule the computer at home. Their parents didn't grow up with computers and are basically scared of them. This means that the kids are free to do what ever they want with it – and that is where thigns turn scary. MySpace and the Internet have become the NEW “Stranger Danger” lesson that Law Enforcement used to teach. (I know we all had some sort of Stranger Danger lessons in School). One other point that I would like to mention with the MySpace issue is that a lot of these kids are technically in violation of the MySpace user rules for the age requirement.
I am in IT as well as Law Enforcement; I go around trying to educate kids as well as parents on the harms that lurk out there. The latest topic has been MySpace – especially since a lot of the schools have started blocking the site. I have looked at a lot of kids' pages from the demonstrations that I have done and they give way too much information. Unfortunately, there are bad people out there who are monitoring these pages and have ill intentions. I have done demonstrations and had driving directions to a kid's house on-screen in less then a couple of minutes from a couple of pieces of information on their MySpace account that they believed to be innocent.

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