MySpace helps parents manage their children

According to the Wall Street Journal, the pressure of criticism from the US government, MySpace.com, the famous virtual social network owned by News Corp. is expected to launch free software to help parents manage their children better .

With the software called Zephyr, parents can find out the name, age and whereabouts that their children used to "chatter" on MySpace.

However, the software does not allow parents to read email or view their profile pages, it will also notify users that their information is shared with others.

Photos of MySpace.com interface.

Zephyr was born to deal with the 33 government representatives before the court began to consider sanctions against MySpace if the network refused to increase the age of the target audience from 14 to 16 as well as reassess the age of site members.

In 2005, News Corp. bought MySpace for $ 580 million, the sale, according to analysts, only a few more years will "add value" to billions of dollars.

Very quickly, MySpace became popular among teenagers, however. Critics say the kids have revealed too much personal information online and that it will be an attractive 'lure' to sexual assaulters.

According to a comment by the Wall Street Journal, MySpace's new software, on the one hand, reinforces the site's safety, but on the other hand tries to avoid losing its friendliness.

However, the network business is not suspicious of MySpace's move. A big problem is whether new software violates personal liberties and that there may be non-parents using software to track users.

Do Duong