MySpace.com banned from Rhode Island Schools

This step by Rhode Island schools seems like a no-brainer to me. MySpace has two basic uses: (1) wasting time and (2) making dubious social contacts. Neither matches up with why computers were brought into schools in the first place.

For those not aware, MySpace is a social networking site popular with teens, where they can have personal home pages, share music, make friends, and leave messages for each other. It has been in the headlines a lot lately because predators have been using it to hook up with teens, and several arrests have been made. The site is putting additional controls into place, but they may be too-little, too-late.