Why adults banned their childern from going on MySpace?
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If yahoo answers gets negitive publicity from CNN parents will be convinced that its the answer to their children's saftey too.\n\nMyspace and even Yahoo answers should monitor more the content and ages of kids.\nIt is true what you say. No amount of banning is going to stop kids from doing it. if its not myspace,yahoo 360,zanga,live journal it will be some other program or online community.I think the situation is more with  internet awareness education, not banning myspace accounts.
1061563
an empolyer would have a right to this invasion to prevent abuses of their systems. Also, if you had a minor child and were worrying about what they were doing on myspace, or who knows what on your computer, you could invade their privacy.
1072752
Youre right.  Most parents do not really know what myspace is.  It is very dangerous...so parents assume that if they change the age everything will be okay, because they do not realize how easy it is for a child to change their age on the computer.  A lot of parents are computer illiterate.  The girl above me who says parents should watch what their kids are doing...cmon.  Yeah its a nice saying...thats about it.  My parents thought they were watching everything I put online when I was a kid, as soon as they turn around you just minimize whatever.  Parents are trying to control basically the uncontrolable, pretty much out of ignorance...Hopeing kids will do what they are told and be honest about their age.  I think that is the opposite of what I did as a kid.  That was the only thing that saved me.  I lied about everything to everyone.  I was never the same age, lived in the same town, went to the same school, or anything else I said online.  I think that is what  I would educate my children to to as well.
1134623
Myspace is nothing but a website. It can't "ruin" anything. People ruin relationships...either their own, or through allowing others to interfere. A website that only exists in cyberspace hasn't the ability to do anything but exist in cyberspace. It gives no advice, it tells no lies, it doesn't cheat, it doesn't interfere...it just is. People need to take responsibility for their own actions, and stop trying to find things to blame their issues and bad choices on.
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Myspace just like the Internet is as bad or good as the user makes it. Depending on the age of the user and the appropriate supervision of a parent, Myspace can be both fun and entertaining. The key as in any use of the Internet is to properly use the tool in an advantageous manner with proper security precautions. It is my belief that the majority of bad experiences on myspace can be traced back to uninvolved parents who did not monitor and control their children's use of the Internet. It is unfortunate that so many parents let their fear of technology keep them from intervening in their children's on-line activities.
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It's because MySpace is really a government conspiracy to keep track of your every move and stalk you. The government doesn't want you leaving their "social" network.
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I don't know if this website has an age limit but I do know that VMK is open to kids. Websites such as myspace are blocked to kids younger than 13 because many people trick them into thinking they are someone else and hurt them later. So, it is very easy to be tricked. To answer your question... 13 is likely a standard for public websites that aren't directly made for kids. VMK and other websites like it, are meant to be enjoyed by younger ages and they prevent you from giving out names, numbers addresses, physical descriptions and e-mail addresses to make sure that no one can trick them into giving out important information.
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You are absolutely right in telling your kids to be careful.  It is lawful for any prospective employer or college to view anything anybody PUBLISHES online.  Putting stuff on myspace is not the same as putting it in a private journal.  The Internet is not private.\n\n(The following is from the first link I provided):\nWhile doing so may be in violation of MySpace agreements, little is done to eliminate groups dedicated to the slandering of racial minorities, and bullying remains a problem. Many schools and public libraries in the US and the UK have begun to restrict access to MySpace because it has become "such a haven for student gossip and malicious comments"[7]. Some private schools, particularly those with a religious base, have even attempted to ban their pupils from accessing MySpace at home[8].\n\nOn November 7, 2005 only 400 out of 3,000 students of Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas showed up after two male students posted that they were going to bring guns to school. The threat was seen by officials and the students were arrested before anything could happen [9]. Such threats are not uncommon on MySpace. There have been many similar, less-publicized situations involving high-school students making threats that tend to be less serious.\n\n\n\nThe second link talks about some kids that were arrested for something they put on myspace.  It's just another example to maybe share with your kids.\n\n\n\nGood luck!
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Good question. Why don't you go on myspace and e-mail "Tom" (the creator of myspace - everyone's first "friend").\n\nMy opinion is that people should only be allowed to have profiles on myspace if they're 18 or older. That might help take care of the problem.
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If there's such concern, why don't they just set up an "adult" section of Answers - complete with an over 18 only message - that can be easily blocked by parents who don't want their kids exposed to certain material?
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They are NOT all liars and gross. I have a myspace profile, and so do a lot of my friends and family. Yes, there are some creeps out there who use it to get to children and such, but not everyone there does that. There are ways to make it safe and private, so that only the people you know can contact you or view your profile. You just have to be careful.
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I think that it is absolutely disguisting!!! As a matter of fact, I have a personal experience because of myspace involving my mom's friend's daughter, who is now 13. She met some guy off of there, thinking that he was a 15 year old little boy, and was sexually assaulted and raped because of it... That's sad, yes... We just finished court with that and he is now serving 2 life sentences for 2 different rapes and 200+ counts of child pornography, but I agree with some of the other people here... \n\nIt is definitely the parents' responsibility to watch and monitor their child's actions on the computer, but if they choose not to, they need to filter and put parental controls to ensure that their child does not have access to places that are not "age appropriate" for them. If a 13 year old can go to myspace and lie and say that she is 16, then someone is definitely not doing their job...\n\nPlease... please... PLEASE... don't let this happen to your children...
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The computers belong to the school district and the bandwidth does too. They have every right to decide what the computers will be used for and what is not allowed. Also they are probably monitoring you so it is not a good idea to try and sneak around the block. Many school systems block MySpace and other sites because content is often not appropriate, or because some folks will tie up the computer for hours using MySpace and not give another student a chance to use the computer.\n\nSo you're probably best off just waiting till you get home to go to MySpace. Sorry but one of the lessons you should be learning in school is how to play by the rules...
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Myspace is just another avenue for today's youths to communicate with one another. Yes, it can be a problem, however, it is truly up to you as a parent to monitor what your child may or may not be doing on myspace. \n\nWe have all seen the news reports. It we did not have so many fast a$$ children trying to hook up with every tom dick and harry then myspace wouldn't be receiving all of the hype that it is getting now.
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I think the reason that adults target MySpace the most for the stupidity of teens is because MySpace is the most popular. I know that MySpace is most popular because I have seen many reports of it on Google News and on TV.\n\nIn my town, mostly everyone doesn't know about MySpace, everyone uses Piczo. MySpace is a common site that is shared among many teenagers that can express themselves stupidly. That way, many adults target MySpace.
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ur myspace page will automatically be private if ur under 16.
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As for why parents aren't supervising their child's internet use,  a partial explanation is the generation gap.  Things such as social networking, instant messenagers, blogs (eg. MySpace) and IRC (internet relay chats), did not exist when they were young.  Teenagers are more computer savvy than their parents.  Unfortunately, parents aren't aware of how dangerous the Internet world can be.  Prior to the newspaper headlines of pedophiles stalking minors on MySpace, how many parents were aware that their children had published personal information that was available to anyone with an Internet connection?  As for the lewdness of comments on Yahoo! Answers,  there are rules banning obscene language.  Unfortunately, there is no one to enforce them.  Digg and MySpace faced similar problems and found ways to deter such behaviour.  MySpace hired a security expert acting like a anti drug czar of MySpace.  MySpace did so only after public outcry for better security.  Remember, it is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.