Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards

May 8, 2008 By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.

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