03-09-2007, 10:31 AM
Quote:Despite efforts on the part of MySpace.com to reassure the public that it is taking steps to keep sexual predators away from young social networkers, Connecticut lawmakers want to make stronger protective measures the law. Under a new proposal, Web sites that fail to verify ages and obtain parental consent for users under 18 would face civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation...
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, along with Democratic and Republican leaders of the General Law Committee, introduced the legislation on Wednesday, a day after a Connecticut man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for using MySpace to set up a sexual meeting with an 11-year-old Connecticut girl.
The conviction came in one of several federal cases involving alleged sexual predators using the popular networking Web site to lure minors...
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