Youth centers grapple with MySpace

Iria · Jun 23, 2006, 05:44 PM

Source: News.com
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In something out of a modern-day "West Side Story," two teenagers from rival schools used MySpace after school at the local Boys and Girls Club of America to "cyberbully" other kids.

So six months ago, the club, located in San Francisco's Mission District, decided to ban member access to the popular social network in the hope of thwarting threats of violence among teens on their personal MySpace pages.

"A lot of tension was being brought to our facility due to that," said Leticia Barajas, director of the Columbia Park club in San Francisco, which is one unit of about 4,000 independently operated clubs around the United States.

Jun 23, 2006, 05:44 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Youth centers grapple with MySpace Source: News.com _________ In something out of a modern-day "West Side Story," two teenagers from rival schools used MySpace after school at the local Boys and Girls Club of America to "cyberbully" other kids. So six months ago, the club, located in San Francisco's Mission District, decided to ban member access to the popular social network in the hope of thwarting threats of violence among teens on their personal MySpace pages. "A lot of tension was being brought to our facility due to that," said Leticia Barajas, director of the Columbia Park club in San Francisco, which is one unit of about 4,000 independently operated clubs around the United States.