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MySpace has agreed to take additional steps to protect young users from online sexual predators and bullies, including improving age verification measures.  "The deal comes as sites such as MySpace and Facebook have grown exponentially in recent years, with teenagers making up a large part of their membership. This has created a new venue for sexual predators who lie about their age to lure young victims and for cyber bullies who send threatening and anonymous messages. But [the] announcement was short on specifics about how improvements would be carried out."

(Link:  States, MySpace agree to new measures on child predators at SilliconValley.com)

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