A federal appeals court has ruled that MySpace.com is immune from a lawsuit over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl by a man she met on the social networking Web site.
The Texas girl’s family had sued MySpace and its parent company, News Corp., claiming that MySpace didn’t protect young users from sexual predators.
Girl’s family claim MySpace didn’t protect young users from sexual predators. The girl was 14 when a 19-year-old man she met on MySpace allegedly sexually assaulted her in a Travis County parking lot in May 2006.
Court notes girl circumvented Web site’s safety features by lying about her age. The girl was 13 but misrepresented herself as 18 years old when she created a MySpace profile in 2005.
MySpace applauded court’s ruling, saying it takes safety of users very seriously.
