Sunday, July 20, 2008

JUST HOW SAFE IS A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE?

A fourteen-year-old girl has just sued MySpace. Allegedly, nineteen-year-old Texan Pete Solis lied in his profile about being a high school senior on a football team to gain a minor's trust. The girl alleges that after she had contact with Solis on the site, he asked for her cellphone number, she gave it to him, they met up in person, and thereafter, he sexually assaulted her.

She alleges that the two companies were aware that sexual predators were getting in touch with minors on the site, and did nothing to stop it - yet falsely claimed that the site was maintaining adequate security measures to protect children and teens.

Find out what happens eventually on FindLaw:
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20060626.html

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