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• Myspace settles FTC privacy complaint

  Social networking site Myspace has agreed to settle charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it misrepresented its protection of users' personal information, the FTC announced Tuesday.

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  Social networking websites may face government regulation

  Facebook, MySpace and Bebo are in the firing line from Cyber Safety Committee deputy chair, Alex Hawke, saying that Australian children younger than 13 use their websites despite the current 13+ age restriction.

• Social networking engineers team to make Google searches less 'evil'

  Software engineers from major social networking companies have apparently grown tired of Google's relentless drive to push its own Google+ social network at the expense of other sites.

• Buying Myspace was a huge mistake: Murdoch

  News Corp's purchase of Myspace was a "huge mistake" and the social network was mismanaged "in every possible way" following the acquisition, chief executive Rupert Murdoch says.

• User satisfaction study: Facebook vulnerable to Google+

  User satisfaction with Facebook is low enough that the social networking site risks losing significant market share to Google+, according to a new study.

• LinkedIn passes MySpace in US net traffic

  LinkedIn leapfrogged MySpace in June to become the second-largest social network in the United States in terms of traffic behind Facebook, tracking firm comScore said.

• News Corp sells MySpace for $US35m

  News Corp has sold struggling social networking site MySpace for $US35 million ($A33.33 million), mostly in stock, according to a person familiar with the matter.

• Social networking self-regulation isn't working says EU

  Only two social networking sites make minors' profiles private by default, according to a test of 14 such sites conducted for the European Commission.

• Grieving mother seeks tougher cyber safety

  A woman whose daughter was murdered after being stalked by an internet predator has called on social networking sites to better protect users.

• NewsCorp flags offloading MySpace

  News Corporation has confirmed it is considering offloading its struggling social networking website MySpace.

• Myspace redesigns site, launches new features

  Myspace has launched a new version of its site that includes a whole host of new entertainment-focused features in a bid to turn around dwindling visitor numbers, and at the same time make visitors stay longer.

• 10 reasons why revamped Myspace will fail

  Remember MySpace? Me neither.

• MySpace loses 49% of visitors in 12 months

  MySpace has only half as many visitors as it had last year, says ComScore.

• MySpace's new privacy pitch: Too little, too late

  MySpace is using Facebook's privacy fiasco for a little free publicity, announcing a one-click privacy feature that seems more like an attention grab than an actual play for Facebook users.

• Facebook crushing MySpace, new stats show

  First they came for Bebo and now it looks as if even larger rival MySpace is losing the battle against the social networking steamroller that is Facebook.