14yr old kid sues myspace for $30m

[larryhead]

"A 14-year old is suing myspace for $30 million claiming the site failed to protect her from a 19-year old she met through the site. The suit claims that MySpace doesn't verify a user's identity or age and doesn't do enough to protect users."

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/20myspace.html


:blahblah:

Sucks that this happened (and I'm sure it happens more often than we know), but seriously wtf, I really don't think myspace should be held responsible for the offline activity of their users. It is the parents responsibility to monitor their children's internet activity and educate them of the potential dangers. Parents teach their kids street smarts, right? They wouldn't let them wander around the city by themselves, right? Well, think of the net as one giant city - they need to recognize there will always be good and bad people out there.

[larryhead]

I really wonder how this will turn out.. lawyers are like sharks, and when there is blood in the water, look out as the lawsuits will now start to fly. This all was only a matter of time though.

[slam]

remember, anyone can sue anyone for anything, no matter how ludicrous.

it doesn't mean they'll win.

[bubz_bluez]

it is the parents resposibility

bubz

[andikay]

Whatever happened to personal responsibility? WTF. Why wasn't the 14-year-old savvy and educated enough to protect herself? Ridiculous. My parents taught me not to give out too much personal information to total strangers; seems like the same rules should apply here.

It should be obvious, common-sense behavior!

[poofdogg]

damned kids and their myspace behavior. guess they'll ruin it for everyone. then again, this could all be a ploy by the people at myspace to have reason to start charging to use their site. that way they would cover their own ass. conspiracy theory in the air!!

[lainafair]

The parents are probably just money hungry assholes who probably don't really care about what their daughter does or how old the guy shes f*cking is, but plan to expoit her and the situation for all its worth...

[larryhead]

I think that girl should sue her parents too for being irresponsible and not supervising her time online. And then she should sue herself for being dumb and probably acting like a typical myspace slut and then when her parents found out acting like a naive victim so she isn't responsible for the actions she made in this situation. I also wouldn't be surpised if she lied about her age and invited the attention.

But then again, maybe I've just become too cynical these days.

[andikay]

...And then she should sue herself for being dumb

:lmao: