Marketers, young men, and YouTube’s many bikini-clad seductresses are about to get an unpleasant surprise. As part of what appears to be a crackdown on both sexual content and more general attempts to mislead users, the video-sharing site is pushing the pretty ladies off some of its most popular pages.
Facebook Supporting Legislation Fighting Sexual Predators
Facebook, Facebook. A year ago, it seemed we could hardly go a day without some newsworthy tidbit from the sweetheart of the social networking scene. These days, positive headlines—or any at all, since “ink is ink”—are much fewer and further between. But today, Facebook has two reasons to make the news: they’ve endorsed the new KIDS Act from the US federal government and they’re finally disbursing the fbFund for startups.
MySpace Sexual Assault Suit Dismissed
The idea that MySpace was responsible for an offline sexual assault fell on deaf judicial ears as a Texas judge dismisses a $30 million lawsuit filed by the parents of a 13-year-old girl.
The drama occurred last spring after a Texas girl, who misrepresented herself as a 14-year-old (the minimum age to use MySpace), arranged to meet 19-year-old Pete Solis, who also lied about his age, near the girl’s home. Solis was later arrested and charged with sexual assault.
Girl Sues MySpace After Sexual Assault
A teenage girl and her mother have filed suit against MySpace.com after the 14-year-old was sexually assaulted by a man who lied about his age on his profile. The outcome of the suit could have large implications for how much liability website operators face for events occurring offline.
Inside the Mind of a Sexual Psychopath Blogger
The bone chilling missives of a convicted and paroled child molester, “sexual sadist,” “sexual psychopath,” and alleged kidnapper and murderer, are recorded forever on the dark pages of a web log he maintained up until the brutal slayings of four people.
Sexual Predators Cause Yahoo to Close Chat Rooms
After a television news report about chat rooms being used by adults to influence minors to have sex with them, Yahoo has put a stop to allowing users to set up their own chat rooms.