Following the brutal attack of a 16-year-old girl who was ruthlessly beat and videotaped while she desperately tried to shield her head, the parents of the victim called for websites like YouTube and MySpace to stop broadcasting videos portraying such physical attacks.

The incident that has been all over the news shocked not only the persons familiar with the teenagers involved in the brutal attacking, but people around the world. Victoria Lindsay was reportedly lured by a group of six girls and was beat with absolutely no remorse.

The whole scene was videotaped to be posted on YouTube or MySpace…some revenge the six girls planned for some unfriendly remarks about them as it appears. With the help of two other accomplices, this time two male teenagers, the girls encouraged themselves to continue the beating.

The adolescents were identified and arrested on April 2, but it seems like their behavior was nothing out of the ordinary for them, and the respect towards other human beings was equal to zero.

The incident rose concern not only among parents, but also among child behavior specialists, who were shocked to see that the teens involved in the fighting were more concerned about their cheerleader practice while in police custody than about what they had done.

Ironically, the video never made it to either of the two mentioned sites, but it leaked to the public through news coverage.

The video raised once again the problem of protecting children from violent content, especially on sites as popular as YouTube and MySpace. While MySpace said none of the video posted escaped its team of content review examiners, YouTube said even if it would have been uploaded, the video would have been removed for violating the Community Guidelines.

In releasing a three-minute segment of the video, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said on Monday that parents need to know what their children are capable of doing, while social-networking sites need to enact standards that would prevent the posting of such material.