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Facebook gets serious about safety
- 7-12-2010
- Categorized in: New Media News
In an effort to eliminate child molesters from social networking sites, Facebook has created a panic button in order to keep underage users safe. The button will also greatly reduce the amount of cyber bulling on the website as well. This new feature will only be featured in the United Kingdom, but may soon spread to other regions. The reason this was finally put into place is the rape and murder of a 17 year old girl, by a child molester posing as a teenage boy on the popular website. See more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/200914/facebook_offers_child_safety_panic_button_in_uk.html?tk=hp_new
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