Colorado AG praises Facebook safeguards 40 new measures to aid kids against online predators.(News)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: May 9, 2008| Author: Fong, Tillie | Copyright information

Byline: Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News

Facebook will put in new safeguards to protect children from online predators and inappropriate content.

More than 40 measures will be implemented by the popular social networking Web site under an agreement reached Thursday with state attorneys general across the country.

"This agreement follows on the heels of a similar accord we reached with MySpace earlier this year," said Colorado Attorney General John ...