[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Indifferent parents out for easy money.

[hophead]

It's time then to sue the big 3 auto makers for all the drunk drivers they sell cars to who then kill or injure innocent drivers.

[FreePaul]

They didn't sue the computer manufacturer, the software companies or the ISP? Maybe that comes later.

[Rte66]

Good luck - meant sarcastically. Doubt they can be held responsible - they were just the "messengers" or "carriers," not content providers.

[CheyennePress]

The controls are there. If these kids can program their own profiles, they can tick a box that makes their profiles inaccessible to non-friends.

To say nothing of the fact that

1) they agreed to meet these predators
2) their parents did nothing to stop them.

[Post-Neolithic]

If these Idiotic parents would pay more attention to what their kids are doing instead of giving them free reign, they more then likely would not have this problem.

I will make a running bet that their children have,

1. A computer in their room.
2. A Cell phone that they have unlimited, unsupervised access to.
3. Can go where they want to without the parents checking first.

Real good parenting skills huh? As far as I am concerned they should not have been parents to begin with.

[Gay State Conservative]

"Hopefully these lawsuits can spur MySpace into action and prevent this from happening to another child somewhere," he said.

This another way of saying "hopefully,these lawsuits can allow me to buy that little island off the Italian coast we've always wanted"

[SoothSayerONETIME]

i noticed terrorist groups are popular on myspace as well.....i've reported this one...but i'm thinking that these dont deserve "freedom of speech " coverage and should be banned.......this is ridiculous...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=103659445

[freedom moose]

Could the parents be sued for not paying more attention to what their children were doing online?

[mysterio]

Not myspace's fault. The parents will lose this one.

[D-Chivas]

Why hasn't AOL been sued a million times over the past decade?

[c21sac]

I had to go to Houston on business, and one of the men I meet with told me a story about his teenage daughter and how she was molested by a guy on myspace. His daughter and a friend meet with this guy and he drugged them and molested them for several hours. They were under the impression that their daughter was at the friends house.

He and his wife were distraught because they felt that they kept pretty tight controls on their kid, but she made a big mistake and did all of this behind their backs. Now that I have been able to see this family first hand I'm not sure what any parent could do except attempt to share the dangers of the i-net, or get rid of the computer.

[rit]

MySpace is a business with a primary goal of generating revenue from advertisements. The larger their subscriber base, the more revenue potential they have. Thus it is in their best interest to have as many subscribers as possible.

MySpace terms of agreement state:
by using the MySpace Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the MySpace Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 14 years of age.

The last sentance indicates that you can be a member and have a profile, and you may lie about your age, and if we believe that you are under 14 years of age, then your profile may be deleted and your membership may be terminated without warning.

Just yesterday CNET ran a story stating "Under fire from both the U.S. government and parental organizations, MySpace.com has announced that it is creating software to give parents a window into what their children are putting on their online profiles."

[E Rocc]

Myspace has gotten so large and high-profile that saying happened on Myspace this year is like saying something happened on "the internet" in 1999 or 2000.

The difference of course is no one can sue "the internet".

-Eric

[AmericanChef]

Those poor girls are also victims of bad parenting. How predictable they aren't taking any responsibility for their part in it. Disgusting.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

GOSHDARNIT, PARENTS WATCH YOUR KIDS. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING YOUR KIDS INSTEAD OF USING THE INTERNET AS A BABYSITTER. HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILTY FOR YOUR ACTIONS.

[thefactor]

"In our view, MySpace waited entirely too long to attempt to institute meaningful security measures that effectively increase the safety of their underage users," said Jason A. Itkin, an Arnold & Itkin lawyer.

well, in my view, the PARENTS waited entirely too long to attempt to institute meaningful security measures that effectively increase the safety of their underage users.