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Facebook resists calls for panic button

Facebook resists calls for panic button

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Facebook is resisting UK Government calls to add the CEOPS panic button to the web site. The asocial notworking site is under pressure to improve protection for minors following the rape and murder of teenager Ashleigh Hall. Despite the fact that a chinless pervert was able to pretend to be a teenager to lure an innocent to her death, managers of the site claim it's as safe as houses. Richard Allan is an ex-MP and Facebook's spokesman on European public policy. He...



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