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NJ AG introduces safety icon

by Trench on September 30th, 2007

N.J., Web Sites Introduce New Internet Safety Icon:
New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram has arranged a deal with six social networking sites to display an icon that would notify authorities of sexual predators.

The icon will be featured on myYearbook.com, BlackPlanet.com, MiGente.com, AsianAve.com, Faithbase.com and GLEE.com.

I’ve only heard of one of those sites.

Anyway, while I applaud AG Milgram for taking a step about wanting to do something about predators on social sites I get the feeling this “panic button” will be abused rendering it useless.

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