They are ultimately responsible for allowing their daughter to have the MySpace account in the first place,
-But they monitored her use and checked up on content, and gave real-time advice on the issues. This is way more than 99.8 percent of parents do, I don’t think they were being irresponsible. The child did not have the password, had to ask for access.
True, they did not realize that they were faced with a team- a team!- of malicious adults but that’s way beyond normal.
actually it is very normal. Myspace is packed with vermin who spend all day trying to mess with people and gossiping, telling lies behind each others backs. It’s how they get their kicks.