"A negligence lawsuit filed by a Texas family after a 13-year-old girl was assaulted by a 19-year-old man after meeting on MySpace was dismissed Wednesday, with a U.S. District Judge saying the site was protected by the Communications Decency Act."

Note this would never have happened in District # 9--they only protect illegals and terrorists there :)

Thank God there are some judges left in the world with a desire to uphold the law and not a desire to misinterpret it in such a way that is specifically crafted to destroy America...

First of all, if a 19 year old assualted my daughter, they would find him in the trunks of ten different cars.

This MySpace crap is ridiculous, it's just a place for lonely morons to pretend they have real freinds. I still say the parents are always to blame in a case like this, but the scumbag must pay.

Actually, they would never find the guy, not even little parts of him after I was done with him. Lastly, anyone who substitutes a u for the word you is and always will be a loser. Kind of like people who are 30 years old and still smoking dope. I know a few of them, all drains on the economy with no ambition.

MySpace is the epitomy of why the world thinks America is full of complete morons.

exactly. bad parenting. nuff said there.

and personally my parents drilled into me the "dont talk to starnders" "dont take rides with stangers" "dont post stuff online for strangers to see" bad parenting and the kid's stupidity sure as hell wasnt myspace's fault.

im a myspace user. im on it daily. anyone who knows how it works will know exactly what im getting at. 99% of the people u will EVER talk to on myspace are friends from school, work, relatives, and other friends. pretty much everyone i have ever talked to is someone i previously met with in person and who i know personally. if some random person u dont know talks to u and asks u to meet them somewhere (as jeff foxworthy says: heres your sign) heres ur sign to STAY AWAY! commom sense should still be somewhere in that 13 yr old's hormonally f*cked up brain right?

did the kid or her parents take their stupid pills lately???

It's not a Websites issue that your Child is on it. The information that THEY put there is what they want the world to think. Most people on MySpace lie / fake something about themselves in their profile anyway, just like you or I have done on a Job application to get that great paying job.

Blocking a site will do nothing more then entice your child to try to get to it more. It's like Crack to and addict, you take it away from them, they want it more.

The true failure here is the PARENTS in the reasoning of, if you spent more time with your child, they probably would not be on sites like MySpace or Friendster. Today's society blames everything except where it should be blamed, on the PARENT. YOU (The Parent) needs to involve yourself in more of your child's activities. Today's society, especially in America where "Political Correctness" has ruined us and made most Americans a "Sue Happy Nation" are all just looking to be able to point the finger at the other guy.

+ McDonalds did not make you / your child fat, YOU did!

+ Marlboro did not make YOU smoke their product, YOU did!

+ The PC did not create their profile on MySpace, YOUR CHILD DID!

Parents who block their children from things are not allowing them to see the actual dangers. I am not saying you should not look out for their best interest, but you need to let them on places like MySpace and if you want to monitor them, that's fine.

So overall, if your child is on MySpace, tell them not to put to much personal information (Where they live, School the attend, Etc).

While I have a little sympathy for who is possibly just a misguided teen (I say possibly, because who's to say she didn't want to do certain activities? let's be honest, kids like doing stuff young these days..) - I am glad the case was thrown out. If such a case was won against MySpace, it opens up a huge can of worms for yet more stupid lawsuits where fault lies with the people themselves, and not a website such as myspace.

people always want to push the blame onto others, nobody can stand up and take responsability these days...

and i do wander being only 20 myself, if this case was realyl an assault. i know all too well that a few of my friends have had girls lie to them about age, then do stuff and get thrown in jail for it. whats the world coming to that we need to card our potential dates? although i dont see how you can mistake a 13 year old for an 18 year old, thats just pushing it.

"a few of your friends"? How many statutory rapists do you keep company with?

was just going to say the same thing.

two. that i know of, although i guess aquaintence from highschool is a better term.

Good. Where were the parents when their little girl decided to sign up as an 18 year old and post lewd photos of her self on the web? where were the parents when she started talking with this 19 year old online? where were the parents when she decided to meet with him? and where were the parents when he was meeting with her? This entire case stinks of bad parenting, and they are looking for a scapegoat so they dont feel bad about what happened, so that the blame doesnt fall on them. I mean sure if this really was an assault, its horrible it happened, but maybe this case is just some 19 year old, getting pinned for making moves on a girl he THOUGHT was 18? The internet is just as dangerous, as the city, and people need to realize this. people dont tell their kids to go play in the city unsupervised, so why do it with the internet? chalk another victim up to bad parenting.

Damn straight!