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Facebook Won't Install 'Panic Button' to Report Child Predators

Share After a 33-year-old U.K. man brutally raped and murdered a 17-year-old girl he met on Facebook, many demanded that the social networking site do more to protect its younger membership by installing a 'panic' button, which kids could click to instantly report danger. After lengthy consultations with child protection agencies, Facebook has indeed decided to take action, but has opted against ...

Peeved Facebook Might Sue Brit Tabloid Over '14-Year-Old Girl' Headline Chaser

Share Facebook has become quite familiar with legal proceedings in recent years, but the site may soon be reversing its accustomed role as the defendant. In response to a derogatory and inflammatory piece (of tripe) in the U.K.'s Daily Mail, Facebook has reportedly threatened to sue the tabloid because of a glaring and slanderous "mistake." The story focuses on the dangers of pedophiles ...

Undercover Wife Busts Husband by Posing as a Chatroom Teen

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/11/15/undercover-wife-busts-husband-by-posing-as-a-chatroom-teen/'; With its 'To Catch a Predator' sting operations, NBC's 'Dateline' has spawned a Web meme of motivational posters and jokes deriding repulsive sexual deviants. Those undercover sting operations have also inspired a wave of Net vigilantes who personally attempt to ensnare those unwitting, ...