Pirro Attacks a Web Site as a Threat to Youths [View All]

Pirro Attacks a Web Site as a Threat to Youths

By JONATHAN P. HICKS
Published: March 1, 2006

Jeanine F. Pirro, the Republican candidate for attorney general, has begun an attack on MySpace.com, the Internet social network for teenagers and young adults, saying that it represents a threat to child safety.

MySpace.com is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who controls the News Corporation, which owns The New York Post, a publication that has often been critical of Ms. Pirro.

In an interview yesterday, Ms. Pirro, a former Westchester County district attorney, said her criticisms of MySpace.com were based on reports that the site is shocking to many parents and, according to the police, is attracting sexual predators.

In a letter to Mr. Murdoch, Ms. Pirro proposed that a forum "be convened as soon as possible" to include executives of the News Corporation and MySpace.com as well as school officials and parent leaders.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/nyregion/01pirro.html