Attorney General Jon Bruning joined 48 other attorneys general in announcing that social-networking site Facebook agreed to changes to better protect children from predators and inappropriate content.  

Facebook agreed to:

* Provide automatic warning messages when a child is in danger of giving personal information to an unknown adult;

* Restrict the ability of users to change their listed ages;

* Act more aggressively to remove inappropriate content and groups from the site, and

* Require third-party vendors to follow Facebook’s safety and privacy guidelines.

“We know predators use Facebook and other social sites to prey on children," Bruning said in a statement.  "Facebook's changes will help provide a safer online environment for Nebraska’s kids.”

The agreement is similar to one that MySpace reached in January with 49 states and the District of Columbia.

MySpace agreed to head a task force, which Facebook has joined, to explore and develop age and identity identification for social networking sites.

Bruning said Web safety is a priority for his office.