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In an announcement yesterday,  social networking giant Facebook said they will be adding over 40 safeguards to their popular website, in order to keep children safer online.

49 states and the District of Columbia have signed on.  Texas, again, is the lone dissenter. (Texas was the only state that did not get on board with the MySpace agreement earlier this year).

Included in the updates:

• Removal of groups with inappropriate content, including bullying, pedophilia, etc.

• Warning messages will be sent when child is providing personal info to adults

• Review of user profiles to ensure adults do not pretend to be children

• Tobacco and alcohol ads will not be shown to underage users

Hopefully, other social networking websites will follow MySpace and Facebook in keeping social networking websites safe and fun for children.