Well I have always been a bit leary of MySpace for this very reason.  They took 90,000 sex offenders off of their web site today.  I was absolutely amazed at the number just as I think that MySpace was too.  MySpace officials stated that they have removed 90,000 sex offender accounts from their website.

The social networking site admitted this is double what they anticipated last year. MySpace previously thought the site had 40,000 offender accounts registered.

Well the problem I have with this statement is they thought they had 40,000 offender accounts registered.  That almost sounds to me like they didn’t mind that many offenders to have accounts which I’m sure is not true at all.  It’s a shame that there are so many preditors out there these days but there are and that’s what worries a lot of parents of kids that have a MySpace page and I honestly don’t blame them at all.  Here’s one thing I did like reading about MySpace:

North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper and Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal stated that they encourage and seek more social networking sites like MySpace to become safer. After the MySpace team calculated the number of sex offenders on their website they submitted the numbers to both attorneys on Tuesday February 3.

“This shocking revelation, resulting from our subpoena, provides compelling proof that social networking sites remain rife with sexual predators,” said Blumenthal.

Both attorneys work with Facebook and MySpace in an agreement to make their social networking websites safer, especially for young users. They have already made both websites safer by implementing dozens of safeguards and a special features where users older than the age of 18 have limitations searching users less than 18 years of age.

At least MySpace and Facebook both are trying to make their web sites safer for younger people.  But even with that, it’s not fool proof and never will be unfortunately.  Nothing is totally safe and all younger people should be taught that from the time they’re old enough to understand, oh say about 4 or 5 years old.  Not that they will understand but they can understand that “You don’t talk to strangers because they might get you.”  Some may feel that might scare a child that young, well good because if they are afraid, then they might be a little safer.  I sure hope so.