Facebook Adding Child Safeguards
- Scribbled on May 9th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, Legal Brief
Associated Press is reporting that Facebook will be implementing measures to stop sexual predation and cyberbullying - which is the first I’ve heard of this on the service.
Social-networking giant Facebook, which has faced political pressure to increase online safety, is putting in place 40 safeguards to protect young people from sexual predators and cyberbullies, the company said Thursday. The procedures, part of an agreement with attorneys general from 49 states, include age and identification tools and automatic warning messages when a child is in danger of giving personal information to an unknown adult. Facebook, which has 70 million online users, followed the steps of MySpace, which agreed in January to implement similar safeguards.
The one holdout is Texas, by the way. They want swifter justice and execution of violaters 48 hours after sentencing.
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