Well it seems like Myspace is back in the news again, this time however, it is for more positive reasons. Today (Monday) representatives from the social networking site Myspace have announced that they are working on making the site more safe for children. It was noted that in Pennsylvania, out of the 54 individuals that were arrested on child predator charges, 31 of them had Myspace profiles.
Myspace states that they are now making all profiles of users under the age of 18 private, as opposed to the previous 14-15 year olds. They also stated that they will respond faster to reports of inappropriate content. Eventually they plan to create an online community of some dort which will monitor the site. This will be comprised of non profit organizations as well as concerned individuals.
The question that I pose is this, while Myspace is making these attempts to change the networking site and make it more safe, will it really help? I believe that children will continue to post their images on the page and its really not a problem for a registered sexual predator to use an alias and create all false information in order to be allowed onto the site (since registered offenders profiles are automatically deleted). Also, to what extent do you believe parents should have a say so about their child's profile? Lastly, is Myspace in the right place to make all of these changes to the website and infringe on someone else's privacy?
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5 comments:
Andrea-
I thought it was a good piece. I like how you chose such a popular topic and almost everyone in our class can relate to. For me, I think all these corrections and cracking down thier doing will infact help. However, how much, really is the million dollar question. As for the underage, I believe that parents should be more involved and that they should make it a requirment that parental consent is needed for people under 18 to have a myspace account. And then again, it is just the internet, sexual offenders can only do so much online, people addresses and personal information is not on thier pages unless they put it on there in which case...thats thier fault.
Good info and writing, I liked it
Gordon Brigance
gordonbrigane.blogspot.com
This was a great topic to write about. I am sure almost everyone in this class has a myspace or has atleast looked at it. I think that it is good that they are trying to chage things on myspace and make it more safe. Parents should be more invovled with their children when it comes to myspace. I feel like sex offenders could find a way to be on myspace. Great writing!
Kellyn Roy
royki@students.fccj.edu
I think that Myspace is heading in the right direction as of making the website safe for kids under 18. This move can prevent anyone under 18 from becoming a potential victim. I think that the parents have a say so in this matter. They could monitor their child's online activities by creating their own Myspace profile and tag on as their friend. I believe that Myspace have to infringe on someone else's privacy to prevent a crime that can harm another individual. Good topic!
This piece is good, I like how you worded it. I do not have a my space so I don't know all that much about it. But I do know that I think the parents play the biggest role in this. I think parents should not allow a child to even have a my space. I think at any age its somewhat dangerous to have your information out there if your not smart about it. I think that making it safer will somewhat decrease the problem, but it will not fix it completely. I think this issue falls under the parents and what they are allowing there children to do.
The precautions that "MySpace" is incorporating is a great effort. But in all reality, I do not think it will make a difference. I mean, I can remember the days of being underaged and having parents who tried to watch over what you do on the internet to screen for porn and what not. In the end, I would really just do whatever it is I wanted to do anyway. There are always loop holes for sex predators as well as kids under eighteen. Young people do not like to have restraints on them, so they will find loop holes which ultimately makes a predator's job easy. It is just the way the world spins when it comes to the internet.
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