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    Default MySpace Age Restrictions and Parental Responsibility

    The myspace information states a child must be 14yrs of age or older to have a myspace page. It requires parental consent.

    I read about COPPA and the responsibilties of online companies, however, I have yet to find anything about the "parental responsibility".

    I found a myspace website for a 12 year old. The website states she is 14. This obviously due to the fact that myspace requires them to be 14 or older. The website has a picture of the girl and it is set to private, however, it also includes the words..."I don't go to Bi...es! Bi...es come to me! F...k ma Bi..es!" and I also found the myspace page of the parent, where the 12 year old has left a message with her own myspace picture/website/information.

    Is there any law that makes a parent liable for this behavior, such as "child endangerment, neglect or other?"

    I contacted the FTC and they only advised to contact my space and have the page deleted, however, no responsibility for the parent. If the parent allowed their child to lie, I'm sure they'll just get another page with other information. In addition, I contact the Texas Attorney General's office, since he has been very vocal about child predators and myspace, and they also advised there was nothing they could do and didn't know where to direct me.

    I am very concerned about this little girl and how a mother could put her daughter in harms way. The mother's webpage also has pictures of her and the other daughters, including one of a 10yr old or so, in what I believe is a "suggestive pose", since the little girl is laying down on a living room center table...Not sure I'd post a picture of my daughter like that, especially on a public myspace page. The mother's picture on her own site is also laying on a "bed", with the name similar to sexybabe...stating she is single...which she is actually married...So not sure what that intent is.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    Default Re: MySpace Age Restrictions and Parental Responsibility

    What's the deal here? You're searching out random MySpace pages and trying to see if there is any reference to a minor on those pages? (That's an odd hobby.)

    It's not illegal for parents to put information about their children online.

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    What's the deal here? You're searching out random MySpace pages and trying to see if there is any reference to a minor on those pages? (That's an odd hobby.)

    It's not illegal for parents to put information about their children online.
    No Mr. Knowitall...It's my DAUGHTER who has this page with the foul language...it's my daughter whose mother has posted these "suggestive" pictures on the internet...and yes, she's 12 not 14...and I can assure you if she lived with me, that would not be happening. I guess I can just sit and wait for her to become pregnant and out of control, so her mother can send her to me instead...since that's what most custodial mothers do. Sadly, the courts will not consider her mother unfit by allowing such things...therefore, I'll just wait for her to be out of control...

    Since there's nothing I can do through the courts, I'll contact MYSPACE instead and have them cancel the page of a 12 year old...which is against the policy to have anyway.

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    Default Re: MySpace Age Restrictions and Parental Responsibility

    Report the profile to Myspace

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    No Mr. Knowitall...It's my DAUGHTER who has this page with the foul language...it's my daughter whose mother has posted these "suggestive" pictures on the internet...and yes, she's 12 not 14...and I can assure you if she lived with me, that would not be happening. I guess I can just sit and wait for her to become pregnant and out of control, so her mother can send her to me instead...since that's what most custodial mothers do. Sadly, the courts will not consider her mother unfit by allowing such things...therefore, I'll just wait for her to be out of control...

    Since there's nothing I can do through the courts, I'll contact MYSPACE instead and have them cancel the page of a 12 year old...which is against the policy to have anyway.

    Contact Myspace administrators and report the page (there is a way that parents specifically can do this) and they will shut it down at your request... just know that as soon as they shut it down and your daughter figures it out... she'll just go on ahead and make another page and you will be contacting myspace once a week for the next 6 years if that's what you want to do.

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    Have you considered trying to address this through the court which has jurisdiction over your custody order?

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