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Top US state attorneys announced Thursday that
Facebook has agreed to get tougher on keeping its young website
users safe from bullies, porn, pedophiles and other online hazards.
Facebook has agreed to a child
protection pact similar to the one sealed with leading
social-networking website MySpace in January, according to
Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal.
"This agreement marks
another milestone step for social networking safety -- protecting
kids from online predators and pornography," Blumenthal said in
a written release.
"We are raising the safety
bar, first for MySpace and now Facebook, and soon for other sites as
we fight for an industry gold standard. Facebook and MySpace are
showing how to aim higher and keep kids safer."
A goal of the coalition headed by
Blumenthal and his North Carolina counterpart Roy Cooper is the
development and implementation of technology that verifies ages and
identities of people using social networking websites.
The host of safety enhancements
agreed to by Facebook includes severing links to pornographic
websites and booting users linked to incest, pedophilia or "cyberbullying,"
according to Blumenthal.
--AFP
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