MySpace

As a high school computer science teacher, I probably hear more about MySpace than 99 percent of people my age. It exploded on campus this year, going from almost zero users at the beginning of September to virtual every single student in October. I would say it owes a lot of its success to how fast and easy it is. The fact that you can create your MySpace account during your free period allows those who are behind on the bandwagon to catch up easily, and MySpace owes much of its popularity to a bandwagon mentality. You aren't cool if you don't have a MySpace account. Plus, if you aren't cool, you can still feel connected to the cool kids. The idea of having a "friend network" is mainly the reason for the popularity of the Facebook/MySpace wesbites. They validate people by showing them how many friends they have, even if they don't know half of their "friends."
Unfortunately, MySpace's ease and the freedom's it allows are dangerous. There have already been several reports of girls between the ages of twelve and sixteen being abducted through MySpace. MySpace is the ultimate stalker tool; anyone can sign up, create an account with a fake name, and instantly know every detail of every high school student in the country.
My question is whether or not MySpace should have any responsibility for creating a potential dangerous environment for high school students; their personal information and every aspect of their daily lives and schedule now on public record. I don't know, but I am curious how are society plans to deal.