UK Gov't Wants Facebook To Feature Child Safety Button

judgecorp writes "Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, has said that UK government ministers are 'taking action' to get Facebook to add a British child protection button (called CEOP) to its site. The move comes after the UK's Daily Mail withdrew allegations that teenagers on Facebook are continually pestered — though Facebook is still considering suing the paper. The campaign apparently ignores Facebook's assertion that it already has better child protection in place and the CEOP button would be limited to the UK."

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[Anonymous Coward]

We respect your concerns about child safety, so we've installed a Child Safety Button for our younger users. It's a big "X" located in the upper-right corner of Facebook. Macs don't use X technology, so we built a red button for their Facebook instead. We're pretty sure those are the only two Facebooks anyone uses.

I can see a great flaw in your plan

[Chrisq]

I can see a great flaw in your plan

If you're a British politician, you automatically go on "Arsebook".

Most British politicians could not distinguish this from Elbowbook.

Re:Typical Labour policy

[VShael]

I can't wait until my nephew in the UK is old enough to accuse various MP's of molestation, even if he's never met them.

"You want a PS4 for Christmas kiddo? Here's a list of names. Ruin their lives for me. Thanks."