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For Immediate Release:  
For Further Information:
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November 16, 2006  
David Wald
609-292-4791

Office of The Attorney General
- Stuart Rabner, Attorney General

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Attorney General Asks Social Networking Websites to Allow Users to Quickly Report Inappropriate Content
Rabner Says He is Concerned About Criminal Activity Linked to Web
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Trenton, NJ – Attorney General Stuart Rabner today asked the chief executive officers of a number of prominent social networking websites, including MySpace.Com and Friendster.com, to make it easier for users to identify and swiftly report inappropriate solicitations or illegal content.

In a letter sent today to executives of ten websites, Rabner asked the companies to cooperatively work towards making their services safer for children by creating the technology to reduce dangers and empower users without interfering with the free flow of information.

He said the companies should work to place a readily identifiable icon on each page of their websites that would allow users to quickly report inappropriate or suspicious activity such as sexual or predatory content. Those reports would provide information to alert both the website and law enforcement officials of potential criminal behavior.

“This is about protecting children,’’ Rabner said. He said it would be in the websites’ best interests to develop ways to self-police activity on their sites.

“The use of your service for illegal activity, and as a medium through which child predators identify, learn about, and contact potential victims, poses a serious threat to the public safety of some of our most vulnerable citizens and creates significant risk for the positive reputation and continued operations of your business,’’ Rabner wrote in his letter to the website executives. “I am committed to taking proactive steps to stop the use of the Internet to commit and facilitate crime.’’

Rabner’s letter was sent to executives at MySpace.com; Facebook, Inc.; Friendster; Xanga.com; LiveJournal.com; Bebo, Inc.; Tagged, Inc.; BlackPlanet.com; MyYearbook.com; and TagWorld.

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