Calls for regulating the social networking sites have re-emerged after a British teenager was murdered by a convicted sex offender who she met on Facebook.
The murder of a 17-year old Ashleigh Hall has proved that some networking sites such as Facebook have failed to stop cases of sex offenders who use these sites to meet and mug children.
Child safety experts are also pressurizing the Government to make rules to force these sites to adopt adequate measures to stop sex offenders from abusing young members.
Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman has demanded quick action to ensure protection for children was kept up to date with changing technology.
Networking sites are being urged to install a ‘panic button’ to protect teenagers. But, Facebook says that it is a UK-centric tool that will not work well along with the reporting buttons it already has.
Some of the networking sites such as Bebo have already adopted the button.
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