Bebo introduces onscreen panic button to report abuse instantly.Byline: ANI London, November 22 (ANI): Social networking site A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. Bebo has set up a special onscreen panic button for users to report abuse without delay. The pressing of the button will alert specially trained officers at the Government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), formed in April 2006, is a UK cross agency and cross business department of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders to the UK . The centre's chief executive has advocated other sites like Facebook and MySpace to start a similar facility. "This service is totally free so there's no legitimate reason for these sites NOT to do it. They have a duty of care to the young," the News of the World quoted him as saying. Bebo has total number of 21 million users. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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