MySpace is No Playground

MySpace announced today that through a joint partnership with a company called Sentinal Tech Holdings, they will begin to match users identities with known sex offenders. The company is taking the step with the hopes of curbing the number of attacks that have happened that authorities claim occurred as a result of the perpetrator meeting their victim through the Social Networking site.

Kudos to MySpace for starting to develop such a feature. However, any convicted criminal with any ounce of street smarts should be well aware that it probably wouldn't be a good idea for him (or her) to post actual photos of themselves on the website. I mean, let's face it, if you were an offender of this nature, wouldn't you naturally assume that your parole officer is probably searching MySpace (and other websites) making sure that you are adhering to the terms of your probation.

Also, why is it that in this day and age, that parents still don't actively monitor what their kids are doing and who they are talking to online. Parents, your kids do not need a computer, digital camera, or a camera phone. Take it away. They will still grow up to be perfectly functioning adults without these toys. Every time you allow them to use a computer alone (i.e. in a non-public area) and chat with random people online, the chances of something bad happening to them increases dramatically.

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