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Paul Nelson reporting Utah, and almost every other state in the country, is joining into an agreement with the social networking site MySpace. It's to help the site be safer for users.
Law enforcement officials had safety concerns about MySpace as soon as it came out. "Some of the child pornographers and predators we arrested said they love MySpace. They called a it candy store, basically, for them," Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said.
Shurtleff says the new agreement will keep track of porn sites trying to connect with MySpace, among other things.
One of the hardest parts of the agreement is creating accurate age-verification software. Shurtleff says they've tried that before. "MySpace was going to put it in place, and when they did beta testing on it, it still wasn't working," he explained.
MySpace also will create a 24-hour hot line to report crimes and hire someone to get rid of inappropriate material.
