FACEBOOK SETTLES NEW YORK CHILD SAFETY PROBE
[SOURCE: Reuters]
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that Facebook, the
fast-growing social network Web site, has agreed to settle a child safety
probe. The site has come under fire from state regulators for failing to do
more to police their sites against adults who prey on teenagers, one of the
biggest groups using social network sites. Under the terms of the settlement,
Facebook has agreed to begin addressing any complaint within 24 hours of being
told of inappropriate content -- involving such things as nudity, profanity or
harassment -- by a user or e-mail correspondent. The company will tell the
complaining party the steps it has taken within 72 hours when the complaint has
been submitted via an independent e-mail. In addition, the company has agreed
to allow an independent examiner to oversee how Facebook handles such
complaints. The attorney general will have a say in who gets hired as examiner.
The examiner will report to the New York attorney general every six months over
a two-year period on Facebook's compliance.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1539478220071016
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http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-facebook17oct17,1,2561964.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business
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