The latest complaint to social-networking site MySpace comes from city officials in Houston, Texas, who claim that MySpace pages are being used to glorify killers.
MySpace's concept for socially-networking online appears to be a good thing, some site members choose to abuse the concept of the community. There have been numerous complaints made by parents regarding deviants using the site as a means to communicate with young children, as well as complaints of school children using it as a tool for gossip. Add to the list of complainants Houston's director of the city's crime victim's office, Andy Kahan. Kahan recently wrote to MySpace complaining that friends and family members of death row inmates were creating MySpace pages for them as a kind of tribute. According to the Associated Press, Kahan wrote "Is it within your policy to allow the glorification of killers by giving them a platform to influence young minds? Are there specific guidelines within MySpace that would prohibit giving convicted felons a platform for all the world to see?" In a
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