Myspace: Not a safe Space

Myspace is one of the most popular websites out there right now, with over 100 million profiles made so far. And although Myspace is a place for you to talk to your friends and meet people, it has become a place where people can harrass other people and where older men can meet younger girls and boys to meet up with them and rape and kill them. Myspace is not always good and fun, Myspace isn't always safe; Just because you are sitting at a desk and sitting behind a screen doesn't mean you're safe from cyber bullies.

Megan Meier was a 13 year old girl who had her whole life ahead of her. Sure, she had her bouts with depression and had actually tried to committ suicide once before, but as far as her friends and family were concerned she was all better and didn't have those feelings anymore. Then one day she became friends with this boy Josh, or a person she thought was Josh a boy from her school. He would say mean and hurtful things like, the world would be a better place without you in it. She ended up hanging herself one day and her mother later found her in her closet.

Later the family finds out that it wasn't the fault of this boy Josh, it was one Megan's old friends' mother. She is now being charged for murder.

Also, there is an entire website dedicated to adolescents lost, stolen, raped, or murdered because of myspace... because they were easily found. Because you have your information displayed all over your page, your likes and dislikes, it makes it that much easier for a predator to try to be your best friend to lure you in.

Back when Myspace was newer there was an age limit of 16 years old... now i think that age limit has been lowered if not completely abolished, but because of these incidents I definately feel they should be pulling the reigns a bit tighter when it comes to a 10 year old girl creating a myspace and then becoming friends with a 30 year old man.

Myspace can be a lot of fun if used in the right way: to keep in contact with friends and get to know new people (preferably your own age), share music, etc. But when taken to an extreme of cyber bullying, that's when it's turned into a dangerous place to sit in front of.