MySpace's Tom: The New Virtual Parent?

MySpace don't love the kids, they love the money from advertisements. Just kidding Tom, don't delete my account. I know Myspace loves all 140 million of us. I am just paraphrasing what a lawyer said on Wednesday: "MySpace is more concerned about making money than protecting children". Duh, isn't making money the primary concern for all corporations? Does anyone know of a corporation that puts anything and I mean anything above money? The lawyer made this statement after parents of four girls filed lawsuits against MySpace on Wednesday because the girls were sexually assaulted by adults they met on MySpace (these are not the only lawsuits of this nature that MySpace is facing). What the lawyer didn't mention was the fact that these girls were underage (and by underage I mean 14 and under which is the age that profiles are supposed to be private) and probably accepted these men as their friends on MySpace.

Now who is to blame here? The girls that probably lied about their age when signing up for MySpace (so they could have a public profile) or the men? Granted, no one should ever be assaulted, but people need to be responsible for their own actions. Apparently these girls posted pictures of themselves in their skivvies having pillow fights. Why should Tom, the founder of MySpace, be responsible for this? The rules on MySpace clearly state that pictures should not be of sexual nature. Tom employs multiple people to search for these types of profiles and shut them down- but are we being realistic when we expect them to be able to constantly monitor 140 million profiles?!?