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DANGER? LOCK 'EM UP, DON'T PLAY ON MYSPACE PAGES.(Editorial)

Article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Article date: July 28, 2007

Byline: D. PARVAZ EDITORIAL COLUMNIST

Thanks to shows like NBC's "To Catch a Predator" - that sick bit of voyeurism they cast as a "news show," parents all over the U.S. have been freaking out about MySpace and networking sites like it.

Adding fuel to the fire were Wednesday's headlines letting already paranoid parents know that, "MySpace: 29,000 Sex Offenders Were Registered on Site" (AdvertisingAge.com) and "MySpace: 29,000 sex offenders have profiles" (MSNBC.com). Unfortunately for MySpace, that's more ...

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