School bars students from MySpace
Elinor Mills Former Staff Writer
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service and the Associated Press.
A school in the central California town of Gilroy -- best known for its garlic festival -- is barring students from accessing the popular teen social networking Web site MySpace.com. South Valley Middle School Principal John Perales says he decided to block access to My Space on school computers after a student complained about being cyber-bullied via the Web site, according to a CBS online news article. When the principal logged on to the site he says he was shocked to find profanity and nudity just clicks away. Welcome to the Internet, Principal Perales.