A MySpace agreement announced Monday outlining steps it will take to protect children from online sexual predators and bullies was signed onto by every state but Texas.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a letter to MySpace's chief executive officer that he was not endorsing the agreement because it takes no action to verify people's ages.

"We do not believe that MySpace.com -- or any other social-networking site -- can adequately protect minors" without an age-verification system, Abbott said. "We are concerned that our signing the joint statement would be misperceived as an endorsement of the inadequate safety measures."

Abbott, who has made a crackdown on child predators a leading issue for his office, said the steps announced by MySpace are "remedial measures" that "constitute a starting point rather than a point of conclusion."

However, he praised MySpace for its willingness to work with his Cyber Crimes Unit.