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“As a result of today’s agreement, Facebook has agreed to implement several changes to its site, including a measure of protection to address a behavior known as “grooming,” where predators lie about their age online in order to seduce their victims. Facebook staff will review initial age change requests and each requestor’s profile to determine whether the requested change is appropriate for each user. Facebook will also more prominently display safety tips; require users under 18 to affirm they have read Facebook’s safety tips when they sign up; and regularly review models for abuse reporting.”

As more young children are getting onto these social networking sites, parents are concerned with the people that their children are interacting with. Together with 48 states, Florida announced the agreement with Facebook to implement verification softwares onto the platform. This initiative is to make Facebook a safer place for children to interact on. This agreement is similar to the agreement which MySpace had with 49 states in January. Both popular social networking sites will now work to improve internet safety on their platforms. Read more about it here.