Facebook panic button

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8614787.stm

What are you thoughts on this?

I'm trying to think what a "panic button" on a website will actually do. I mean, it's a website. on a computer. If you're panicking... turn it off? Log out?

They say it will save children - but surely those children that have been in serious danger (or worse) in the past, have already gone way past the panic button stage, and are comfortable to meet them etc?

Thoughts?
 
It'll work this way.
1. Press BIG RED BUTTON.
2. Redirected to a new Registration Page.
3. Register quickly.
4. Check confirmation email and click on link provided to confirm registration.
5. Read some unreadable Captcha and type this to prove you are a human.
6. Police is emailed that you are in danger but nothing is done as the email is blocked by spam filters.
 
They keep pointing to this girls murder, I don't think a panic button would have prevented her meeting up with him.

Facebook should focus on something to verify that the users are real, not quite sure how they could do it, but there must be a way.
 
The girl that was murdered was 17, practically an adult and there's nothing to suggest a panic button would have been any sort of use or comfort in her case.

If its going to be insisted Facebook install this panic button are they going to insist on the same on all sites where people can chat or exchange messages? Whats makes Facebook a special case.
 
Facebook has had a panic button since day 1. Little red cross in the top of the browser window.

All it needs is a training section where users can learn to be less idiotic.
 
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This isn't a problem with Facebook, it's a problem with the press, the users and as usual politicians who step in with bright ideas which make headlines but would never work. Yet another case where lack of understanding by politicians and campaigners makes them look bloomin daft.
 
It seems like something that won't address the underlying problem - namely that as tres mentions the child in danger has probably already become comfortable with the predator (for want of a better phrase). If we can educate children properly about the potential dangers of online contact then that would seem a better and longer lasting solution because then it isn't situation specific e.g. if you're not on FaceBook and happen to get involved in a scenario that makes you uncomfortable then what do you do without the panic button? With education and the application of knowledge the situation can be resolved more easily and safely.
 
decmatt said:
They keep pointing to this girls murder, I don't think a panic button would have prevented her meeting up with him.

Facebook should focus on something to verify that the users are real, not quite sure how they could do it, but there must be a way.
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Exactly - a verified address maybe that is hidden or is that going too far ?
People should just get some common
Fat birds should be taught that most men talkign to them are likely to be rapist murderers
 
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