Re: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-08 Thread Matt Hammond
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 fun

Re: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-08 Thread Lee Ball
> 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 th

Re: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-07 Thread Brian Butterworth
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 http://video.google.com/

Re: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-07 Thread Mo McRoberts
On 7-Dec-2009, at 17:54, Graeme Mulvaney wrote: > Why should facebook need a panic button for children ? - the T&Cs 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, i

Re: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-07 Thread Rob Myers
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. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-07 Thread Graeme Mulvaney
her > email! > > Neil. > > > > > Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:35:52 + > > Subject: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons > > From: l...@leenukes.co.uk > > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > > > > Seems like a good idea for me: > > >

RE: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-07 Thread Neil Chalk
n, 7 Dec 2009 13:35:52 +0000 > Subject: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons > From: l...@leenukes.co.uk > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > Seems like a good idea for me: > > "Facebook and other social networking websites are to install "panic > buttons&q

Re: [backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-07 Thread Mo McRoberts
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 13:35, Lee Ball 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." > > http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/t

[backstage] Websites to get Panic Buttons

2009-12-07 Thread Lee Ball
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." http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6946162.ece There is a