New York, NY —
MySpace, a popular social networking site for teenagers, and young adults has agreed to take measures aimed at weeding out sexual predators.
REPORTER: Several attorney's general were in New York announcing MySpace's cooperation with them. The measures include making it more difficult to access the profiles of teenagers under 18. Myspace will also create a task force to study how to implement age verification technology.
New Jersey Attorney General Ann Milgram says MySpace should also respond to complaints within 24 hours and get back to the individuals filing the complaints:
MILGRAM: When websites act quickly and fairly to deal with inappropriate content, and remove that inappropriate content or block the users from posting child pornography and other offensive materials. That means that other users are not victimized.
REPORTER: Milgram says its worked with myspace to remove the profiles of 268 sexual predators in New Jersey.
Many of the new safety measures likely won't be implemented until the end of the year. The agreement is not legally binding.