Popular social networking site, My Space.com, today reached a deal with attorney generals from 49 states to take better measures to improve child online safety. Among the new measures, MySpace.com says it will improve age and identity verification, block children under 14 from accessing the site, and establish a 24 hours hotline for law enforcement officials.

The steps are an attempt to reduce the potential of children falling victim to online predators. MpSpace has been criticized for failing to block child sexual offenders from its site and has since cooperated with authorities in ongoing investigations. MySpace has also joined an industry task force to continue to improve online safety measures.

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