by Shondale Scott

Created on: May 26, 2007

MySpace is not a safe venue for teens. I say this because of some of the pictures that the teens choose to post on their MySpace pages. If you look at some of these pictures and also at the screen names of these teenagers, you would think that they were auditioning to pose for Playboy or dance in a strip club. If this is truly a place where teens can keep in touch with their friends, particularly the ones that they go to school with, then why is the need for such suggesting photos needed? If you have titled yourself as "The Baddest B*t*h," and your photo associated with it is a picture of you half naked, what type of "friends" are you looking for and what type of message are you sending to the world? Because remember, if your page is not set to private, then the whole world has access to view your page as often as they like. And if someone who has a problem with sexual abuse of minors is viewing this page, what do you think that he or she is thinking while looking at a photo of a young girl exposed for all to see?

As with any Internet site that is designed for people to "meet" and make "friends", MySpace can be dangerous when you have the potential for online predators to view photos and participate in live conversation. Teens, as well as adults who use this site, must be careful when talking with people that they are not familiar with and make safe and wise decisions when deciding to develop relationships that could prove to one day be harmful.

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