Facebook, States Agree On New Safeguards
Associated Press, STEPHANIE REITZ
May 8, 2008, 12:12 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. ( AP) - Attorneys general from several states say
Facebook has agreed to implement more than 40 safeguards to protect
young users of its online social networking site.
Connecticut's Richard Blumenthal, one of the attorneys general
who announced the agreement Thursday, says the changes are designed
to thwart sexual predators, fraud and online bullies.
Facebook has agreed to ban convicted sex offenders from using
the service, and will make it harder for older users to search
online for subscribers who are under age 18.
It also will join a task force seeking better ways to verify the
ages of users, The agreement is similar to one reached in January
with MySpace, the only social networking site larger than Facebook.
Telephone messages were left Thursday at Facebook's headquarters
in Palo Alto, Calif.
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