According to the recent report Facebook will not install a “panic button” on its main pages for users to report suspected pedophiles, but will develop its existing system. The company also says that it will have links to organizations including the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) center on its reporting pages. 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) center.
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.
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 analyzing millions of reports submitted over the years and testing ways to continually improve the 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 organizations, including Ceop and Beatbullying, on Facebook’s reporting pages. And will also explore adding the Ceop button to our safety center.
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