Spyware, Adware and Computer Virus News » MaySpace http://www.spywarenews.org Spyware, Adware and Virus Alert - Computer Security Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:56:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 MySpace Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed http://www.spywarenews.org/2008/05/myspace-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissed/ http://www.spywarenews.org/2008/05/myspace-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissed/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 06:46:58 +0000 Foo http://www.spywarenews.org/2008/05/myspace-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissed/

ImageA 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.

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