Inappropriate Pictures on MySpace
To give some background on the picture in question I ran across a random MySpace while searching for my sister-in-law and the front page picture drew my attention into the space. After looking at the picture I was amazed to see a girl who said she was 16 years old not only drinking a beer in one picture but also smoking a bong in another picture and looking really out of it in another picture. Her fourth picture was a shot of her nude except for a pair of underwear and she was showing her breasts from the front.
I'm not trying to appear as a prude but I found myself being concerned that a young adult would post pictures like that especially when the fourth picture violated the policy of no nudity on MySpace.
So back to my message from MySpace. They informed me that none of the pictures violated MySpace's policy. This amazed me and the pictures are still there. But this brings to question: What is/should be acceptable on MySpace?
I did some research on nudity on MySpace and found that everyday people were being reported to the administrators at MySpace for nude art and they are having their accounts banned for it, but young adults and even 14 year old's are being allowed to get away with posting nude photo's of themselves on MySpace. Some of the young adults get caught, but a lot do not.
I'm not saying all young adults are able to get away with posting nude pictures of themselves on MySpace but it seems to be a hit or miss situation as to what is acceptable and not acceptable over at MySpace. Maybe it depends on who is answering the complaints for that day, maybe not.
I'm sure anyone reading this is familiar with a story or two of how young teens are lured into encounters with sexual predators on MySpace and I would think this would be a concern with anyone using the site, especially parents of young adults using the site. After doing more research it seems that most adults are taking an active roll in their children's MySpace usage and I think this is a positive step in the right direction. Unfortunately young people seem to think it is ok to post a picture of them nude on the site.
The company recently formed a Content Assurance Team where employees post fake profiles on the site, pretending to be vulnerable teens or clueless adults. The profiles are designed to keep tabs on everything from sexual predators to spammers, so who knows if that was a real space I reported, but I'm guessing, sadly, it was real.
I can only hope that the person who's site I reported or the countless other 'spaces' like hers realize what they are doing could get them the unwanted attention of someone who has no concern other then to pray on their vulnerability.
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Post a Comment@lisa ann, i am a 17 year old male (background info), although i agree that it is not good that children post nude pics on myspace, it is their business and their parents should do something about it, or teach them what is right and wrong. on a separate note, the pictures on the page that you linked do not violate the rules of myspace. they do not show nudity (although they are very close), so myspace cannot remove them, as they do not violate the terms of service. But i do completely agree with you that A) young children should not be doing this, and B) that myspace should rewrite their ToS and make it more strict on what is appropriate and what is not.
I agree adults look down on children and teens a lot. They did it when I was younger too. I'm not trying to look down on anyone, and I think that is where she missed what I was trying to say. This of all the people who show themselves on MySpace the way they do, adults included. People don't think about bad things happening until it's too late.
I agree with Chelsea in a way when she says that adults look down on children a bit too much. They think that most of the children and teenagers these days are all annoying little brats who do nothing but cause trouble. It really pisses me off when they look at me like that. Its not like adults haven't done it either. They should really set themselves straight because with the attitude they set off towards the adolescents, its making them seem less immature then the children themselves. Adults really need to look in depth into things more.
You know Chelsea, I think we can agree to disagree with each other on this issue. See, you're anonymous when you post, so unless you're showing this to your friends you don't need to take what some adult said seriously. It is my article and I can respond to negative and positive comments on it. I'll also stand by the positive emails I receive about this. I apologize if you don't agree with me. I hope you weren't angry when you first read this, I hope you laughed at it and thought, 'adults just don't understand'. Look, there is no stalking here, I still don't understand where you got that idea from since there are millions of Chelsea's in the world and I have no idea who you really are. But, I can still tell you that I have only reported 4 people to MySpace for showing themselves on the site naked. Maybe they were spam and not real, but maybe they were real. It just doesn't sit well with me that some 45 year old guy is at home getting off to some 13 year old's naked picture, you know?
Ok, no need for the anger, I was joking you know. Curious, how old are you? And are you putting that stuff up on MySpace too? I've received a lot of emails telling me others are doing the same thing when they see similar content on MySpace, some as young as the girl in the pictures. Trust me, I had the same mind set as you do when I was 16, screw adults and authority. I still revert back to my younger says now and then =) but think of all the negative things that come out of girls doing that on MySpace. And getting naked is a violation of their terms and does result in loosing your profile on the site, just an FYI if you didn't know that. No stalking here, I flagged and moved on. Come back in 10 years and tell me if you would let your daughter do that too. You would be surprised, I'm not a completely crusty old woman like you might think I am along with other adults.
is this what you do in your free time?? what people put on their page is their business lord if you don't like it hit the home button its not that hard,
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Wow, this is really interesting. I rarely mess with MySpace and while I have seen a lot of provocative pictures on there, I've never seen the nudity ones and I would've never guessed that MySpace would ignore it. Thanks for bringing this to light.
Wow, this makes me really concerned about my stepson who practically lives on MySpace...or maybe I should say that now I know why he does? Hmmm....