Internet Safety For Children

The social network – the most popular in the world – has been criticised for defying calls to add a specialist link to a panic button to every page.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), wants the button, which enables users to report abuse, to be given prominent use. Last week, Mr Gamble, who leads CEOP revealed Facebook has never passed a concern to British police and that complaints about the site are spiralling. Last month schoolgirl Ashleigh Hall was murdered after a serial rapist made contact with her through Facebook. Mr Gamble said the Facebook negotiators were travelling back to the company’s California base to discuss their next move.

A few questions:

Do you think a panic button would stop internet groomers? Presumably the point is that the victim doesn’t know they are being groomed.

Can all reports of grooming be investigated thoroughly?

Is half the problem that youngsters are revealing too much personal information, including their school, address and photographs, thus making stalking easy?

Should parents not be responsible for their children’s online activities rather than the websites themselves?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7584109/Facebook-must-turn-words-into-action-and-install-panic-button-says-child-safety-chief.html

For a start you’re not supposed to use Facebook if you’re under 13 years of age. Look at Yahoo and how many people hit the ‘report abuse’ button – it would be just the same, except that everyone would end up being investigated by the police rather than just having their accounts suspended.

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