Australian Police Ask Facebook For Police Alarm Button

littlekorea writes "The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has requested social networking site Facebook install a law enforcement representative in Australia and introduce some sort of button in which users can immediately report online crime to the police in a single click. It is National Cyber-Security Awareness Week in Australia, so the AFP is on an all-out offensive — announcing it is also investigating whether Google committed offences under Australia's Telecommunications Interception Act when it harvested Wi-Fi data." Something like this has been in the works for a while.

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Don't you already have one?

[Entropius]

Here in the US we've got something similar, and I bet the Aussies do too.

It's not on your computer, but it's on your phone, and has been for a while. You can pick up your phone and dial 911, and instantly get to talk to the police. You can use this to report crimes, ask for medical help, or even ask someone to come put out a fire! And this was /before/ the Internets, even.

Why the hell should Facebook have to provide yet another way to get in touch with the cops?

Re:Don't you already have one?

[TapeCutter]

"Why the hell should Facebook have to provide yet another way to get in touch with the cops?"

They don't, it's a request not a law.

Re:What the hell, Australia? What the hell?

[TapeCutter]

Sorry to burst your bubble but no new laws are required to ask facebook to install a link to the cops. Also we already have an "Anti Hippity Hop Music Played Too Loud By Those Kids On My Lawn Act", we call it "trespassing", so get off my lawn and take your Hippity-hop band with you.