Meanwhile, YouTube has done something similar by The 'tube already nixes any explicit videos it finds. Now it's tightening its chastity belt by tweaking the algorithms to push the naughty stuff off the front page and to the bottom of the search results.

YouTube isn't getting rid of the smut; it's just hiding it in the bottom drawer of the bureau in the back of the closet, like your dad's old copies of Penthouse.

Both Ning and YouTube face a problem that has plagued anti-porn crusaders for decades: . Good luck with that one.

Finally, a churchy investment group calling itself the Timothy Plan wants to save your children from . They've offered up from the tame (Pet Vet and Pokemon) to the demonstrably evil (just about every version of Grand Theft Auto ever made, plus a number of other highly popular titles). Think of it as one-stop shopping for folks who are looking to avoid games like that -- or conversely, are looking to find the edgiest ones.

Social networks and game consoles, they're the devil's playthings. But Hell, you already knew that.