Myspace.com is dangerous for children?
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This is just like Ringo/Tickle. A couple years ago, I joined Ringo. Know what happened? Everyone panicked because some gal got raped by some guy that she met on Ringo. Well, when you're on the web... there's ALWAYS a risk. If you meet someone online and decide to meet them in person, that's YOUR decision. You should not be blaming the website for the problems. If you think that MySpace is a big risk, then AllDeaf is a big risk... Hotmail is a big risk... Yahoo... Tickle... Ringo... LiveJournal... etc. Don't blame MySpace. Blame the parents for not supervising their children's online priviledges. :roll:
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VamPyroX said:
It's parent's responsible, not blame children. It make no difference either there're good or bad members from AllDeaf, any forums, blogs, or any websites... You never know that one of them are rapist, murder, etc. It's your decision either you want to meet online person in real life or not.
I used to have Ringo/Tickle but I never have problem with them because I know my limit how to make my post there. I haven't visit Ringo/Tickle since 2 years now... I lost interesting on Ringo/Tickle since I registered AllDeaf here.
Thank Tamara to bring me to Ringo that's how I find my old school mate after 25 years no see at 2 years ago. We still contact each other via AIM and MSN chat. (She left England to live America when I was 15 years old. She didn't forget me because I'm her favorite...
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Thank you for share the information here with us (parents). It's good for the parents to aware.
I do not allow my children to use chat group but Hobbohotel website. My eldest son Danny joined Hobbohotel since last December and love it... I saw how happy my son is chat with friends... They talked about school, scooer, computer games, homeworks, etc... They meet at any rooms in hotel... cool... they chat each other... My eldest son was reccommend to register Hobbohotel websites by his mates. His mates registered last year and love it... He persuaded me to trust him with Habbohotel so I check with his mates's parents about this. They insured me to not be scared... No problem... Hobbohotel will inform us straight way if children do something bad or ask us for permission via email. It sound good.
I watched how Danny registered and surprise to see how neat Hobbohotel is. Cool websites. Danny taught me to not click "buy and sell the furniture" because they will charge me EUR 3 for one click... It remind me of GA's thread. I will post at GA's thread later.
I check with Habbohotel website and surprised that it didn't do automaic if I want to buy or sell... but ask for bank account. You have to add bank account number. I was like wow that Habbohotel have protection. I got an email from Habbohotel telling me that Danny's register is accept, then give me 2 register accounts (for log in and delete account). I save Habbohotel's email for case.. then I can delete it. Danny still use it for 2 months now with no problem because he knows his limit which its good. He alway make sure with me first if he had problem with computer which he alway do that. I has no problem to trust him. I limit him with Habbohotel for one hour.
Parents are supposing to teach their children how to limit when they visit any websites that they should not give too much information to internet... I explained my sons why I used "Liebling" to any websites to protect my real name... That's why Danny knows his limit and use his nickname on Habbohotel websites.
I do not allow my children to use chat group but Hobbohotel website. My eldest son Danny joined Hobbohotel since last December and love it... I saw how happy my son is chat with friends... They talked about school, scooer, computer games, homeworks, etc... They meet at any rooms in hotel... cool... they chat each other... My eldest son was reccommend to register Hobbohotel websites by his mates. His mates registered last year and love it... He persuaded me to trust him with Habbohotel so I check with his mates's parents about this. They insured me to not be scared... No problem... Hobbohotel will inform us straight way if children do something bad or ask us for permission via email. It sound good.
I watched how Danny registered and surprise to see how neat Hobbohotel is. Cool websites. Danny taught me to not click "buy and sell the furniture" because they will charge me EUR 3 for one click... It remind me of GA's thread. I will post at GA's thread later.
I check with Habbohotel website and surprised that it didn't do automaic if I want to buy or sell... but ask for bank account. You have to add bank account number. I was like wow that Habbohotel have protection. I got an email from Habbohotel telling me that Danny's register is accept, then give me 2 register accounts (for log in and delete account). I save Habbohotel's email for case.. then I can delete it. Danny still use it for 2 months now with no problem because he knows his limit which its good. He alway make sure with me first if he had problem with computer which he alway do that. I has no problem to trust him. I limit him with Habbohotel for one hour.
Parents are supposing to teach their children how to limit when they visit any websites that they should not give too much information to internet... I explained my sons why I used "Liebling" to any websites to protect my real name... That's why Danny knows his limit and use his nickname on Habbohotel websites.
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Heath said:
Exactly...
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Bewitched said:
*goose bumps*
Make sure the children should not give too much information to internet...
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VamPyroX said:
I ll have to agree with you.. on some part. I do know that there will be always a risk to use myspace, alldeaf.com and tickles/ringo. What I was saying is that I don't blame the websites, what I am saying is that I am sending parents to be cautious about their children. I know that one of my nieces is sneaky. She could have been hurt. SO I wanted to make sure that every parents will know about the risk and yes it is our responsiblity and parents for our own safety and the children.
For who have freaked out about some gal got raped, wanted to remove their account, I do find it silly. Because it is about self control or educating our children about safety. SO he/she probably don't have self control and frekaing out that he/she may get hurt. He/she will only get hurt if they let it to happen. With Children, the parents have the control. You know what I mean?
I am currently a member of myspace. When I heard about some gal got killed, I did not immediately remove my account, but I did set some privacy setting which I could have been more cautious. And right now, I am sharing some news to those parents/sisters/brothers/aunts/uncles... so on, to be aware of sickening people who could hurt their children. So that is all I can say.
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I see people either blaming parents or websites.
I firmly believe that BOTH parents and websites should take more responsibility. It is just like with alcohol. Alcohol companies take responsibility by having stores or resturants not selling alcohol to minors or setting up laws to punish these who buy alcohol for minors, etc. Parents take responsibility in educating their kids AND know where their kids are.
I am not blaming the websites only - it is my responsibility to educate my own kids and also take time to know what they are doing 24/7. Many parents let computers become 'Babysitters' or "Sole Entertainer of the Night" so not bother with kids.
It is very easy to forget that people we meet on Internet could be liars - we take their words without really knowing. Many kids dont really realize that the people they talk to could be predators, sex offenders or whatnot. Many kids think nothing about passing out their cell phone numbers because it is cool to collect so many phone numbers. Parents should review their kids's cell phones regularly to see what is happening. I see too many parents giving kids cell phones without paying attention to who they are calling to or who are calling the kids.
Bottom line - Knowledge is the POWER.
I firmly believe that BOTH parents and websites should take more responsibility. It is just like with alcohol. Alcohol companies take responsibility by having stores or resturants not selling alcohol to minors or setting up laws to punish these who buy alcohol for minors, etc. Parents take responsibility in educating their kids AND know where their kids are.
I am not blaming the websites only - it is my responsibility to educate my own kids and also take time to know what they are doing 24/7. Many parents let computers become 'Babysitters' or "Sole Entertainer of the Night" so not bother with kids.
It is very easy to forget that people we meet on Internet could be liars - we take their words without really knowing. Many kids dont really realize that the people they talk to could be predators, sex offenders or whatnot. Many kids think nothing about passing out their cell phone numbers because it is cool to collect so many phone numbers. Parents should review their kids's cell phones regularly to see what is happening. I see too many parents giving kids cell phones without paying attention to who they are calling to or who are calling the kids.
Bottom line - Knowledge is the POWER.
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Q. How do I remove my child's profile from MySpace.com?
A. Please work with your child to remove the account. Once you are logged into MySpace.com, click on 'Account Settings' and then click on 'Cancel Account'. An email will be sent to the email address (the same one used as the login name) to verify Account Deletion. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please remove all content from your child's profile, and enter in the text 'Remove Profile' in the 'About Me'. This lets us know that you have taken control of your child's account. Please alert us with the URL to the profile in question, and we can remove the profile for you.
A. Please work with your child to remove the account. Once you are logged into MySpace.com, click on 'Account Settings' and then click on 'Cancel Account'. An email will be sent to the email address (the same one used as the login name) to verify Account Deletion. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please remove all content from your child's profile, and enter in the text 'Remove Profile' in the 'About Me'. This lets us know that you have taken control of your child's account. Please alert us with the URL to the profile in question, and we can remove the profile for you.
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Scary story from TX
One arrested in 'Myspace' incident
Web Posted: 02/18/2006 12:00 AM CST
San Antonio Express-News/mysa.com
A 22-year-old man was arrested late Friday and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old Lee High School student.
Francis J. Rinaldini's bond was set at $100,000.
Castle Hills police said Rinaldini and an 18-year-old man met two Lee High School students after Rinaldini's friend corresponded with a 17-year-old girl on the popular Web site www.Myspace.com.
She invited her 14-year-old friend to skip school and meet the men at a Castle Hills home, where the four drank alcohol and became intoxicated, police said.
The 14-year-old girl, Detective Wayne Davis said, "doesn't know what happened. But there were certain things that indicated that something had happened to her."
Around 4 p.m., the men took the girls back to school where someone noticed they were intoxicated and alerted school authorities, who called police.
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Online at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/crime/stories/MYSA021806.02B.roundup2.3a391144.html
One arrested in 'Myspace' incident
Web Posted: 02/18/2006 12:00 AM CST
San Antonio Express-News/mysa.com
A 22-year-old man was arrested late Friday and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old Lee High School student.
Francis J. Rinaldini's bond was set at $100,000.
Castle Hills police said Rinaldini and an 18-year-old man met two Lee High School students after Rinaldini's friend corresponded with a 17-year-old girl on the popular Web site www.Myspace.com.
She invited her 14-year-old friend to skip school and meet the men at a Castle Hills home, where the four drank alcohol and became intoxicated, police said.
The 14-year-old girl, Detective Wayne Davis said, "doesn't know what happened. But there were certain things that indicated that something had happened to her."
Around 4 p.m., the men took the girls back to school where someone noticed they were intoxicated and alerted school authorities, who called police.
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Online at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/crime/stories/MYSA021806.02B.roundup2.3a391144.html
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A friend showed me around his MySpace account. He proceeded to show me very very revealing photographs of different young women that he knew and met at parties and online..it deftiniteley was not a place for underage children to browse. I used to be a part of Ringo and Facebook until recently when I just decided to not bother anymore. I'll stick to forums, thank you.
Ask you kids what sites they like and do your own research.
Ask you kids what sites they like and do your own research.
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These folks seem to be getting a ton of publicity lately - all of it bad. I got into an arguement about myspace with the nephew today and just saw this. The last sentence says it all.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219...HwjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Authorities: Teens at Risk on Web Sites
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 14 minutes ago
On MySpace.com, teenagers can find kindred spirits who share their love of sports, their passion for photography or their crush on a Hollywood star. They can also find out where their online friends live, where they attend school, even what they look like.
And so can adults.
Parents, school administrators and police are increasingly worried that teens are finding trouble online at sites like MySpace, the leader of the social-networking sites that encourage users to build larger and larger circles of friends.
Police in Middletown, Conn., are investigating recent reports that as many as seven local girls were sexually assaulted by men in their 20s who contacted them through MySpace pretending to be teenagers.
One girl allowed a man into her room while her parents were home, police said, underscoring just how in the dark parents often are about one of the most popular Web activities for teens today.
There are other reports like these scattered around the country, prompting some parents and schools to equate the likes of MySpace with the Internet's red-light district, even as many experts believe that the worries are greater than the actual dangers.
Joseph Dooley is among those who has heard it all before. A retired FBI agent who supervised the agency's first undercover Internet task force in New England, Dooley remembers when America Online chat rooms were the rage. Teens posted detailed profiles of themselves and chatted with any of AOL's subscribers.
Chat rooms soon gave way to services like MySpace, but Dooley said the rules haven't changed and parents need to become more engaged.
"Let the kids know, on the Internet, you don't know who you're talking to," Dooley said. "Parents aren't the friends of their kids. Parents needs to know and observe what their kids are doing."
That can be daunting for working parents. Keeping tabs on the kids used to mean knowing where they went after school, not whom they talked to in their bedrooms.
So when they hear of a new fad among teens, their instinct is to worry.
And the horror stories are indeed terrifying.
Last month, for example, 14-year-old Judy Cajuste was found strangled and naked in a Newark, N.J., garbage bin. Police seized a computer from her bedroom after friends said she told them of a man in his 20s she met on MySpace. The death remains unsolved.
Beyond the threat of abduction, bullies who once made the rounds on playgrounds are using Web logs and home pages to spread rumors and lies faster than the schoolyard grapevine ever could.
MySpace profiles have been used to threaten classmates and in at least one case, to mock a school principal.
Many schools have responded by restricting Internet access from school computers. One private school in Newark, N.J., ordered students to remove all personal blogs from the Internet, even if accessed from home, to protect them from online predators.
Some parents, like Ululani Stauffacher of Eureka, Calif., forbid their children from using MySpace. Stauffacher said her 17-year-old daughter ran off for two days with a 19-year-old man she met online.
"I was going crazy," Stauffacher said. "I was just hearing things about MySpace and incidents of girls missing and some don't get returned to their families. All that I was thinking about was that my daughter was going to be another statistic."
The concerns aren't limited to MySpace, but the News Corp. unit gets the attention because of its sheer size — 54 million users, a quarter of them registered as teens.
MySpace forbids minors 13 and under from joining and provides special protections for those 14 and 15 — only those on their friends' list can view their profiles. Nonetheless, kids lie when they sign up, and many of their profiles carry photos of themselves in suggestive poses, along with personal information against the site's recommendations.
"They're licking their lips and arching their back for the camera because they can, and they have no idea of the consequences," said Parry Aftab, an Internet safety expert.
But Aftab said most MySpace users aren't getting themselves in trouble.
Experts say that banning children from using social-networking sites is akin to forbidding them from going to the mall or the movie theater for fear they'll be abducted.
"I wish I could hover over my children 24-7, but the best I can do is teach them that there are ways to keep themselves safe," said Steve Jones, a communications professor who studies new media at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In a statement, MySpace said it has developed safety tips for parents and children and devotes scores of employees to monitoring the site around the clock. The site also has ways for users to report inappropriate behavior. The company says it removes inappropriate images and closes accounts that violate its rules.
Chris DeWolfe, MySpace's chief executive, encourages parents to talk to their kids about Internet safety, but Aftab said many parents ignore advice until it is too late.
Connecticut Chief State's Attorney Christopher Morano, who has strictly limited the information his 10- and 12-year-old children put on the Internet, said he was surprised to learn that they had been contacted by strangers they believed were pedophiles. His kids ignored it, Morano said, but parents need to closely monitor Internet activity.
"You wouldn't leave your kid on the side of the highway without supervision," Morano said. "You shouldn't put them on the Internet highway without the same type of supervision."
Associated Press reporter Louise Chu in San Francisco contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
These folks seem to be getting a ton of publicity lately - all of it bad. I got into an arguement about myspace with the nephew today and just saw this. The last sentence says it all.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219...HwjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Authorities: Teens at Risk on Web Sites
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 14 minutes ago
On MySpace.com, teenagers can find kindred spirits who share their love of sports, their passion for photography or their crush on a Hollywood star. They can also find out where their online friends live, where they attend school, even what they look like.
And so can adults.
Parents, school administrators and police are increasingly worried that teens are finding trouble online at sites like MySpace, the leader of the social-networking sites that encourage users to build larger and larger circles of friends.
Police in Middletown, Conn., are investigating recent reports that as many as seven local girls were sexually assaulted by men in their 20s who contacted them through MySpace pretending to be teenagers.
One girl allowed a man into her room while her parents were home, police said, underscoring just how in the dark parents often are about one of the most popular Web activities for teens today.
There are other reports like these scattered around the country, prompting some parents and schools to equate the likes of MySpace with the Internet's red-light district, even as many experts believe that the worries are greater than the actual dangers.
Joseph Dooley is among those who has heard it all before. A retired FBI agent who supervised the agency's first undercover Internet task force in New England, Dooley remembers when America Online chat rooms were the rage. Teens posted detailed profiles of themselves and chatted with any of AOL's subscribers.
Chat rooms soon gave way to services like MySpace, but Dooley said the rules haven't changed and parents need to become more engaged.
"Let the kids know, on the Internet, you don't know who you're talking to," Dooley said. "Parents aren't the friends of their kids. Parents needs to know and observe what their kids are doing."
That can be daunting for working parents. Keeping tabs on the kids used to mean knowing where they went after school, not whom they talked to in their bedrooms.
So when they hear of a new fad among teens, their instinct is to worry.
And the horror stories are indeed terrifying.
Last month, for example, 14-year-old Judy Cajuste was found strangled and naked in a Newark, N.J., garbage bin. Police seized a computer from her bedroom after friends said she told them of a man in his 20s she met on MySpace. The death remains unsolved.
Beyond the threat of abduction, bullies who once made the rounds on playgrounds are using Web logs and home pages to spread rumors and lies faster than the schoolyard grapevine ever could.
MySpace profiles have been used to threaten classmates and in at least one case, to mock a school principal.
Many schools have responded by restricting Internet access from school computers. One private school in Newark, N.J., ordered students to remove all personal blogs from the Internet, even if accessed from home, to protect them from online predators.
Some parents, like Ululani Stauffacher of Eureka, Calif., forbid their children from using MySpace. Stauffacher said her 17-year-old daughter ran off for two days with a 19-year-old man she met online.
"I was going crazy," Stauffacher said. "I was just hearing things about MySpace and incidents of girls missing and some don't get returned to their families. All that I was thinking about was that my daughter was going to be another statistic."
The concerns aren't limited to MySpace, but the News Corp. unit gets the attention because of its sheer size — 54 million users, a quarter of them registered as teens.
MySpace forbids minors 13 and under from joining and provides special protections for those 14 and 15 — only those on their friends' list can view their profiles. Nonetheless, kids lie when they sign up, and many of their profiles carry photos of themselves in suggestive poses, along with personal information against the site's recommendations.
"They're licking their lips and arching their back for the camera because they can, and they have no idea of the consequences," said Parry Aftab, an Internet safety expert.
But Aftab said most MySpace users aren't getting themselves in trouble.
Experts say that banning children from using social-networking sites is akin to forbidding them from going to the mall or the movie theater for fear they'll be abducted.
"I wish I could hover over my children 24-7, but the best I can do is teach them that there are ways to keep themselves safe," said Steve Jones, a communications professor who studies new media at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In a statement, MySpace said it has developed safety tips for parents and children and devotes scores of employees to monitoring the site around the clock. The site also has ways for users to report inappropriate behavior. The company says it removes inappropriate images and closes accounts that violate its rules.
Chris DeWolfe, MySpace's chief executive, encourages parents to talk to their kids about Internet safety, but Aftab said many parents ignore advice until it is too late.
Connecticut Chief State's Attorney Christopher Morano, who has strictly limited the information his 10- and 12-year-old children put on the Internet, said he was surprised to learn that they had been contacted by strangers they believed were pedophiles. His kids ignored it, Morano said, but parents need to closely monitor Internet activity.
"You wouldn't leave your kid on the side of the highway without supervision," Morano said. "You shouldn't put them on the Internet highway without the same type of supervision."
Associated Press reporter Louise Chu in San Francisco contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
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stop thinking my space is bad its they fault they got killed they meet dem not all kids are stupit to go meet sum pplz from there
stop thinking my space is bad its they fault they got killed they meet dem not all kids are stupit to go meet sum pplz from there
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myspace.com wasnt just on Dateline but on CNN too. . Several other news channels. .
If you really want to check whether or not your child went on myspace.com or whatever. .
You just need to see the 'cookies' folder and find out names of websites and etc. .
News also mentioned its really amazing how people wont tell secret info to strangers in person but telling too much on computer. .
Better off to stay away from those. .
I'm already in process of just close couple accounts I have cuz I'm starting to get little sick of strangers keep on emailing me asking me to approve them to see my info and I dont even know who they are!! This is especially now from ringo.com where you just put your contact info. .
Also with phone numbers. . Gee that's even something to be extra careful about. . I'm not sure if this is accurate but I heard about complaints towards google because if you just google search with a telephone number, you can find the address. .
So pretty much giving out phone numbers is just as dangerous as screen names, email, etc. .
There's even weirdos now taking advantage of deafies if you leave too much info on deafvp.com
Better off to use your judgement -- if its something you wont tell a stranger in person -- then its not something you should think "oh its just the computer, it'll be ok. . they dont know what i look like"
If you really want to check whether or not your child went on myspace.com or whatever. .
You just need to see the 'cookies' folder and find out names of websites and etc. .
News also mentioned its really amazing how people wont tell secret info to strangers in person but telling too much on computer. .
Better off to stay away from those. .
I'm already in process of just close couple accounts I have cuz I'm starting to get little sick of strangers keep on emailing me asking me to approve them to see my info and I dont even know who they are!! This is especially now from ringo.com where you just put your contact info. .
Also with phone numbers. . Gee that's even something to be extra careful about. . I'm not sure if this is accurate but I heard about complaints towards google because if you just google search with a telephone number, you can find the address. .
So pretty much giving out phone numbers is just as dangerous as screen names, email, etc. .
There's even weirdos now taking advantage of deafies if you leave too much info on deafvp.com
Better off to use your judgement -- if its something you wont tell a stranger in person -- then its not something you should think "oh its just the computer, it'll be ok. . they dont know what i look like"