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According to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, several alleged assaults involving older men and younger girls who met through the Social Networking site MySpace, were investigated in Connecticut last year.

Clearing its first hurdle, a new proposal requiring Social Networking sites to require age verification and parental permission before publishing user profiles of those under 18 years of age, and allow access by parents to the child's webpage, would suffer stiff penalties of up to $5000 per violation.

In a prepared statement, MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam said the company is committed to protecting teens online but does not believe the proposed Connecticut law is the best way to do it.

Many social networking sites, as it stands now, have implemented a age requirement before registration, however, that has been difficult to enforce.

(Please see Legislation Buzz page for further info)

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