This is just ridiculous. It just says that you are all paedos (or tells
young people that all adults are a threat) and also plays into the
stranger
danger lie. Almost all abuse of children happens by trusted, known
people.
I was assuming it was more of a universal system where the ones
I was thinking the same thing. Which perhaps leads to some interesting
possibilities:
At its simplest, it could be simply the act of making it mandatory to have
'report abuse' links and a requirement to make them more prominent, and to
change the wording. Another possibility is that the
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 13:35, Lee Ball l...@leenukes.co.uk wrote:
Seems like a good idea for me:
Facebook and other social networking websites are to install panic
buttons so children can alert the sites' operators if obscene or
inappropriate material is posted.
Indeed, although this could be a good idea, I think it will end up like the
webmail clients report as spam or junk buttons. Where people use them
instead of the delete button and then complain when they don't get further
email!
Neil.
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:35:52 +
Subject:
Why should facebook need a panic button for children ? - the TCs clearly
set a minimum age.
I don't have a problem with the buttons per se, but they should be
accompanied with fines for the parents of children caught using such sites -
say £250 per incident.
I don't have a problem with the
On 07/12/09 17:54, Graeme Mulvaney wrote:
Why should facebook need a panic button for children ?
It's a *moral panic* button.
It will be a very handy tool for cyberbullies to use against their victims.
- Rob.
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On 7-Dec-2009, at 17:54, Graeme Mulvaney wrote:
Why should facebook need a panic button for children ? - the TCs clearly set
a minimum age.
In rare defence of the proposals, plenty of teenagers are above the minimum age
but still vulnerable to bullying, inappropriate content, etc.
And, in
This is just ridiculous. It just says that you are all paedos (or tells
young people that all adults are a threat) and also plays into the stranger
danger lie. Almost all abuse of children happens by trusted, known people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaUkt59vY1Q
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