Parental controls are good to have these days. There are a lot of sickos out there and the protection of our children online should be at the top of our lists. Social networking giant MySpace
announced on Wednesday they are developing a parent notification tool and age verification software. The software, codenamed Zephyr, will be a desktop application. The current MySpace age verification software online does not allow children under the age of 14 to gain access to register for an account, but really, who cant lie about their age? There have been a number of reported cases of minors who have been violated, stemming from their underage MySpace accounts, and MySpace along with parent company News Corp intend to stamp out the chances of minors gaining access to the site so they don't get harmed from their service. No date has been announced for the age verification software's debut.
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Subscribe to commentseSeamusJan 19th 2007 11:55AM
Here's an idea. How about American parents take it upon themselves to be actively aware of their children's lives? Age verification software and parental controls are useless unless parents actually take the time to actively monitor their children. Too long has America been the nation of scapegoats and every time someone blames MySpace or video games or music for the ills that befall children it proves that parents just won't take accountability for being lousy parents.
MattJan 19th 2007 3:47PM
I have to agree with you eSeamus, I am still in high school and see all of the uneducated and unmoral people around me. Luckily my parents actually care about me. I know people who do whatever they want, get in trouble, and their parents don't seem to care. Personally I think all parents need to instill discipline in their childrens lives, schools need to actually punish students rather than send them home for a week (basically a vaccation), and punishments for crimes should be really harsh (no one will want to do the crime because it won't be worth the consequences).