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Three Cheers! Finally,authorities,and hopefully parents,are taking this seriously.Here's a newsflash: facebook.com, the "safe" alternative to myspace.com, is anything but safe: As the parent of a 15 year old, I can tell you that facebook encourages "mean girl" comments with its "anonymous" features, that allow kids to leave uncensored, horrendous, and damaging remarks on another kids' page, damaging their reputations for years. But more important: facebook has a level ABOVE their "anonymity box"-it's called "secrets". Once your child enters the "secrets" box, they can access others "secrets" or, to be accurate, the secual fantasies of others. Read this parents and watchdog groups: the "secrets" box is a direct link to verbal online hardcore pornography. I'm not talking about facy language that some may interpret as porn and others may call teenage fun; I am talking about seriously hardcore verbage that would NEVER be in Playboy, but might appear in Hustler.And PS? facebook.com, because it's so "safe" bypasses ALL your parental controls. And PPS? Unless your kids set a special setting, EVERYONE has access to your child's home page, and all that comes with it. Any forum in which you would write things that you wouldn't dare to say face to face, with full accountability,is not healthy, and is not safe.