Facebook is to add a slew of new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyber bullies.At the heart of the changes are efforts to ban 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.
Seeking a gold standard
Mr Blumenthal, who co-chairs a working group of state attorneys general seeking to make social networking safer, said: "We are raising the safety bar, first with MySpace and now Facebook, and soon for other sites as we fight for an industry gold standard."
"Facebook and MySpace are showing how to aim higher and keep kids safer."
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