Facebook NOT considering to install panic switch for pedophiles
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[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8574727.stm?[/url]
[quote]Facebook says it will not install a "panic button" on its main pages for users to report suspected paedophiles, but will develop its existing system.
The company says it will have links to organisations including the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) centre on its reporting pages.
But the director of Ceop says there should be a button on every page.
The conviction of Peter Chapman for the murder of 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall led to renewed calls for a "panic button".
The convicted sex offender lured the teenager to her death using Facebook.
Earlier, the Home Secretary said Facebook executives had told him they had "no objection in principle" to installing the safety button.
Alan Johnson said he and the site's executives had had a "frank exchange of views" during the meeting, following calls for Facebook to link to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) centre.
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But Richard Allan, director of policy for Facebook Europe, made clear the company was not considering including the button on its main site.
He said the Ceop button might be effective in principle, but only "for other sites", and not Facebook.
Jim Gamble, head of Ceop, said the button needed to be on the front page of every Facebook profile page.
"So that children are reassured and empowered, so are their parents, and offenders are deterred. That's the key.
"Facebook is a great environment, they are experts on advertising and engaging with young people in those areas where you can get click-through. But they're not experts on child protection."
Emma-Jane Cross, head of Beatbullying, welcomed Facebook's proposed change to its reporting function, saying it was crucial people who felt they had been bullied online could get help quickly.
"That's why Beatbullying is pleased that Facebook are taking the right steps by working with third sector organisations like us and referring their users to a safe environment where they can get the correct support and advice they need," she said.
Speaking about the meeting, Mr Johnson said: "I emphasised that including the Ceop abuse reporting button on their site has the potential to transform child protection - and that the company should put this above all other considerations."
He said a high-level meeting would be held between Facebook and Ceop officials in Washington on 12 April to discuss it further.
Facebook 'deeply saddened'
Defending Facebook's current set-up, a spokesman said they had been pleased to provide Mr Johnson with further details about their "robust reporting system".
"This innovative system has been developed by analysing millions of reports submitted over the years and testing ways to continually improve our system.
"The system effectively handles all manner of potential abuse we see on the site, ranging from the common minor breaking of the rules, such as embarrassing pictures, to the extremely rare serious matters that are quickly escalated to law enforcement."
He said they had gone on to explain that the website was "exploring ways to improve safety", which included adding links to more organisations, including Ceop and Beatbullying, on Facebook's reporting pages.
"We will also explore adding the Ceop button to our safety centre," he added.
Peter Chapman, 33, was jailed for at least 35 years this month for killing Ashleigh Hall last October.
She was raped, suffocated and her body dumped in a field near Sedgefield, County Durham, after agreeing to meet Chapman.
Earlier that month, she had been attracted by a picture of a young, bare-chested man that Chapman - calling himself Peter Cartwright - had posted on Facebook.
Facebook said it was "deeply saddened by the tragic death".[/quote]
Am I the only one that thinks this will be abused to shit if it's used? I mean, if you're dumb enough to fall for shit like this, then it's just natural selection doing it's thing.
I will be so mad if those kids can report my pedophillic activities
I think I have a few asshole "friends" on Facebook. This could be useful.
Way to read the article, OP
[quote]Facebook says it will [b]not install[/b] a "panic button" on its main pages for users to report suspected paedophiles[/quote]
Edited your title accordingly
It's just gonna be abused by assholes going to everyone's pages and clicking "Panic" or "Report a Pedobear" or whatever it's going to say.
Good, people are way too over concerned about their own safety. It's not like pedophiles are waiting around every corner to molest our children.
[QUOTE=TH89;20857222]Way to read the article, OP
Edited your title accordingly[/QUOTE]
I did read it, but the reddit thing that I read said 'Facebook 'considering installing panic button'' so when I typed the title I made a typo.
If it would've been installed...
:foxnews: 100,000 pedophiles have been spotted on Facebook just a few hours after the new button - more at six.
"Umm, I really think that this guy is a pedophile, but, there is no button for marking him, so I guess I will go to meet him"
Seriously, how could it save her from him, if she was unsuspecting enough to meet him?
Logic is getting sparse these days.
[QUOTE=dArKnEsS_2;20857284]It's just gonna be abused by assholes going to everyone's pages and clicking "Panic" or "Report a Pedobear" or whatever it's going to say.[/QUOTE]
Obviously they're going to ignore spammers you know.
[QUOTE=Dr. Freeman;20857517]Obviously they're going to ignore spammers you know.[/QUOTE]
And how can they tell the difference between real reports and spam reports?
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20857528]And how can they tell the difference between real reports and spam reports?[/QUOTE]
When they see the same I.P reporting 50+ people at once.
[QUOTE=Dr. Freeman;20857541]When they see the same I.P reporting 50+ people at once.[/QUOTE]
And what if a bunch of different people report one person just because they don't like them?
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20857565]And what if a bunch of different people report one person just because they don't like them?[/QUOTE]
Well THEN he's fucked.
[QUOTE=Dr. Freeman;20857626]Well THEN he's fucked.[/QUOTE]
Which is exactly why something like this should never be implemented.
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20857654]Which is exactly why something like this should never be implemented.[/QUOTE]
I wish it would, never use those sites, would be great entertainment.
Good, if your kid is stupid enough to meat up with someone them met on the internet and not take a friend along or meat in a public area then maybe they are doing the world a favor by removing them selves from the gene pool. All it takes to stay safe on the internet is a little common sense. There is no need for a panic button because there is no immediate danger. If you think someone is after you and your life is in immediate danger call the police, if not just report it like any other problem on facebook.
I suppose we could come to the conclusion that implementing such a button would bring [I]panic-inducing[/I] circumstances XD!!!
I remember about 4 years ago when a friend of mine made a fake facebook account using a random picture of a 40 year old man as the picture. He then friend requested our entire middle school, and had 140 friends by the end of week one. Kids are idiots.
[QUOTE=Wonky;20857944]I remember about 4 years ago when a friend of mine made a fake facebook account using a random picture of a 40 year old man as the picture. He then friend requested our entire middle school, and had 140 friends by the end of week one. Kids are idiots.[/QUOTE]
I know pressing "yes" to anyones friend request somehow means you'd spread your buttcheeks to anyone.
See we wouldn't have problem with pedophiles if we just made pedophilia a capital offense and punishable by death.
Pedo problem solved.
this would have came in handy last night....
Fuck is the point? Anyone with a brain doesn't add people they don't know.
[QUOTE=markg06;20858466]Fuck is the point? Anyone with a brain doesn't add people they don't know.[/QUOTE]
I add people I don't know, I just don't agree to meet them at midnight alone in an alleyway.
[QUOTE=MR-X;20858272]See we wouldn't have problem with pedophiles if we just made pedophilia a capital offense and punishable by death.
Pedo problem solved.[/QUOTE]
We'd have dead parents with pictures of their kids takin a bath.
And I think a panic button would be abused to the point that Facebook would cease to be functionable.
[QUOTE=Acesarge;20857884]Good, if your kid is stupid enough to [b]meat[/b] up with someone them met on the internet and not take a friend along or meat in a public area then maybe they are doing the world a favor by removing them selves from the gene pool. All it takes to stay safe on the internet is a little common sense. There is no need for a panic button because there is no immediate danger. If you think someone is after you and your life is in immediate danger call the police, if not just report it like any other problem on facebook.[/QUOTE]
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Because this wouldn't be abused or anything :rolleyes:
If it was implemented, people would just over-react and report every older person that talks to them when they say anything remotely pedophilic.
[QUOTE=Luxo;20857348]Good, people are way too over concerned about their own safety. It's not like pedophiles are waiting around every corner to molest our children.[/QUOTE]
Risk = Size of potential loss * Chance of loss
Being raped is a pretty sizable loss.
[QUOTE=dArKnEsS_2;20857284]It's just gonna be abused by assholes going to everyone's pages and clicking "Panic" or "Report a Pedobear" or whatever it's going to say.[/QUOTE]
:smug: Asshole, reporting in.
Anyway, bad reading...they're [B]not[/B] going to install it.
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