If I said it once, I’ve said it a 1000 times, Identity Verification of Adults on Social Networking Sites can be used today and will start to solve problems associated with identity and age related issues on Facebook (and MySpace, Twitter, etc.).
Case in point is the latest impersonation of Former Governor Sarah Palin on Facebook: [...]
Well after the recent news about 90,000 sexual predators being removed from MySpace (before the Task Force issued their Report, MySpace only admitted to removing 25,000) and the most recent sexual predator sex ring bust on Facebook that involved 31 students and an 18 year old man, I can’t help but reiterate our position that [...]
It’s been a few weeks since the Internet Safety Technical Task Force released its Final Report and the media coverage keeps coming. It’s no secret that IDology had some comments/objections with the Final Report which apparently from this article in the Wall Street Journal so did the Attorneys General. You might also want [...]
On December 17, 2008 we submitted a supplemental Member Statement to the Internet Safety Technical Task Force’s Final Report. The report was delivered to the Attorneys General on December 23 and made public today. The final report was not a consensus document and the Member Statements served as an avenue for us to state our [...]
Zach Martin, editor of CR80 News recently published an article about the identity and age verification issues we are facing in social networks. You definitely should check it out but in case you don’t have time here are some important highlights:
When trying to get into a bar or club there is typically someone at [...]
We had the kick-off meeting for the Internet Safety Technical Task Force this week. As I expected, there are a lot of differing opinions of the committee members. It should be an interesting year to watch how things progress.
I believe the key to progress is being able to listen and keeping an [...]
It’s official! The Task Force to focus on identifying effective online safety tools and technologies, including age and identity verification has been created and was announced today. If you recall, this Task Force was an important element in the MySpace and Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group announced last month.
The Task Force is [...]
Today’s press release out of North Carolina Attorney General’s Office Roy Cooper is a big deal. Here’s the first paragraph:
In a victory for social networking safety, Attorney General Roy Cooper and 49 other attorneys general today announced that MySpace has agreed to significant steps to better protect children on its web site, including creating [...]
I’m sure by now you’ve seen the news that the co-founder of MySpace has been caught faking his age on his MySpace profile. Quite ironic given the age verification issues social networks are facing these days. But now seems as good a time as any to say that age and identity verification doesn’t [...]
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the Attorneys Generals of all 50 States have joined forces to pressure social networking sites to require greater parental controls and age verification tools so that minors can’t access the sites so easily.
Here’s what Blumenthal had to say:
“These sites say they want to cooperate, but they have resisted [...]
