Parents Need to Monitor the Myspace Profiles of their Kids: They Put Phone Numbers, Addresses and Other Information in Plain Site for All to See

Myspace needs to do more to protect kids from themselves, and parents need to WATCH WATCH WATCH what their kids are putting up there.

I think Myspace should set the profiles of anyone under the age of 16 to "private" for starters. If a profile is set to private, a user has to have the profile owner's permission to view all the information contained there. If it's set to public, anyone on the planet can see the information at will.

Parents need to know that kids put their phone numbers and whatever else on their profiles for all to see, including predators. Once someone has a phone number, they can get an address through the Internet. It can be done in moments.

The amount of personal contact information given away on some public profiles is astonishing. Kids are more vulnerable, and parents need to get a handle on this problem. And Myspace and other social networking sites need to help them do it.