Can Myspace Make Its' Site Safe?

Although Myspace has taken the first step toward making its site a little safer,they cannot truly keep kids and teens safe from online predators. Most of that responsibility has to rest with the parents.

It is imperative that parents put safeguards in place to protect our youth. Myspace is in the business of making money and your child's safety is the last thing that is on their mind. There is a predator, on Myspace now, and the site was not able to completely deter his use. He just started using another profile in order to carry out his reign of terror.

Myspace To Speak Out

Myspace is scheduled to speak at a news conference regarding their plans on how they will deal with online predators. This is good news if their plan outline specific details on how they will deal with eliminating those predators from their site.

Fraud On Myspace

There has been countless news stories about people using the online social networking site, Myspace, as a playground for child predators, burglars, scam artists and other social deviants. Several attorney generals have also battled with Myspace in order to obtain the records of convicted sexual predators.

Now Myspace may soon be viewed as a victim of its users' actions. Prosecutors are trying to bring fraud charges against Lori Drew, an unstable woman, who used the social networking site to harass a 13 year old girl. The girl later committed suicide, however, Lori Drew was never charged with committing a crime.

Can you imagine that Myspace is now being considered a victim? I hope that other fraudsters face the same fate.

HarperCollins and Myspace Join Forces

HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has partnered with MySpace, the world's most popular social network, to launch MySpace/HarperTeen (www.myspace.com/harperteen), a customized interactive community for teen readers to connect with one another, read author blogs, interact on message boards and forums, learn about upcoming releases, post photos, and participate in HarperTeen contests, programs and online polls.

Beginning January 2008, HarperTeen authors will regularly interact with readers via the HarperTeen/MySpace site through author chats.

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Why Myspace

One of my readers sent me an email asking if I thought Myspace.com was a good place to promote her novel. Whether Myspace is a good place or not depends on the type of audience the writer is trying to reach.

The majority of myspace users are indie and other unsigned music artists and wannabes who have no interest in what you are promoting. The other group of myspace users consist of young people who just want to talk with their friends. You may need to ask: Myspace, friend or foe.