Facebook will add new safeguards to keep younger users safe from sexual predators and cyber bullies. These new safety features will include banning convicted sex offenders from the site and finding better ways to verify users’ ages and identities.

The agreement was announced by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in a deal along with other attorneys general around America. “This marks another watershed towards social networking safety,” he said. It will “protect kids from online predators and inappropriate content,” he added. It comes on the heels of a similar comprehensive agreement that 49 states and Washington, DC, made with MySpace last January. [BBC]

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