There are 85,000 new profiles established every day on MySpace.com. 300,000 people sign into their accounts each day.

50 million email messages are sent within Myspace every single day.

Facebook is the 4th most-trafficked website in the world. It has more than 90 million active users and is the number one photo sharing site in the world, with more than 24 million photos uploaded daily.

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MySpace Unraveled
By Larry Magid and Anne Collier

MySpace, My Kids
By Jason Illian

Many of our kids are using online social networking sites. The amount of teens using the sites is so high that MySpace has even recently created a high school-only corner of the site. This is an effort to protect minors.

Although fun, these sites can be potentially dangerous. The sites are designed to meet people, but you have no idea who you're really talking to. Users can lie about their age, whereabouts, intentions and more (your teen can also lie and say they're an adult!).

Try setting up your own accounts on some of the most popular sites. This will give you a better understanding of what the site does and how you make sure you're teen is protected.