Social networking platform Facebook says it is considering
installing a "panic button" on its British web site after
government pressure.
A British child protection group and the government have been
lobbying Facebook and other networking sites to install a
one-click button that can allow children to report abuse and
potentially get police help if they suspect they're at risk.
Calls for the button intensified following the kidnap, rape
and murder of 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall. Her killer, Peter
Chapman, used a bogus Facebook identity to befriend her
online.
British Home Secretary Alan Johnson met with Facebook
officials yesterday and said further talks would take place
next month in Washington.
Facebook said it was open to the idea of a panic button.
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