Perverts target little kids online
Young children are being put at risk on the internet by adult social networking claims children’s social networking provider.
Intuitive Media, a social networking site for children age six to fourteen have slammed reports that MySpace and Facebook have any serious measures in place to keep children safe online.
MySpace reported the purging of 90,000 sex offenders from its social networking, but CEO of UK-headquartered Intuitive Media Robert Hart said: “That it took them two years to purge known names of sexual offenders listed in the public domain is in itself outrageous, but more worrying is that those websites can simply not protect against the offenders that haven’t been caught yet trying to sexually solicit children whether on or offline. Many social websites make perfect breeding grounds for future
offenders.”
“If you have both children and adults on a networking website it is almost impossible to police their interaction. Almost all online social networks have no ability to authenticate age and rely on an applicant’s honesty. So it’s not possible for them to prevent someone aged 11 posing as 18, or an adult of 35 posing as a 13 year old. Without identity verification no social network is safe for children.”
Intuitive Media have a foolproof age and child authentication system, which requires verification from parents and schools.
