Safe Child Chat Room Creators Seek Ties With Social Networking Sites
A company that focuses on making the web a safer place for children wants to build relationships with social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.The company, safeTspace, creates social networking sites for children to chat safely.
Chris Hagenbuch is one of safeTspace’s three founders, along with Randy Herold and Andrew Razumovsky.
All three are parents who worked together for the Department of Homeland Security.
“Many social networking sites allow users to enter their own ages, effectively relying on the honor system,” Hagenbuch said in a statement Jan. 28. “Our solution is the first and only one available today that verifies a user’s identity in-person and continues to check the user through biometrics.”
To join safeTspace, a child must have parental permission, register in person and have fingerprints taken. Representatives who register the children go through background checks before being hired.
When a child wants to enter one of safeTspace’s sites, the child places his or her index finger on a fingerprint reader attached to a computer.