Should Facebook be more tightly regulated
 

Should Facebook be more tightly regulated to prevent naive youngsters from giving too many personal details out about themselves. Youngsters tend to be too trusting and automatically take people at their word. For their own protection - should security improve.

The recent case of Ashley Hall bears this out - that in this day and age it is better to be overly suspicious than too trusting. An unfortunate fact of life!

Facebook is ever changing / updating.

This was a sad case of a lonely girl tricked to her brutal Rape and Death.
It was the police that let him slip from their range.

Facebook is not to blame
You can set up Security on it.

I think perhaps when a younger user creates an account there should be some security options in place automatically, kinda like with Xbox Live. That way it doesn't bother the older users who'd get annoyed by the safety features and the kids are protected from online threats.

Idea; for a under 13 account it needs an adult to agree to the account and an adult to agree to friend requests

There should be some control about adults using sites that minors use

It should, but the kid needs to have a little common sense, i'm sure every kid has heard of internet horror stories. If I was ever too meet someone off the net. i'd want to see them on webcam, talk to them on the phone these days. Kids are warned at an early age to be aware of the net. You will get some cases where the kids are unfortunately lured to their death, but more than not, the kid will pick up there is something wrong pretty quick.

Parents have the biggest responsibility here to know what their kids are doing on the net, I mean an age limit is all well and good but there is no way of making sure the person is over whatever age limit is set.

Keep kids off the internet I say, they should be out playing, exercising so they dont become obese. Making friends in a real world situation. Developing social skills.

If parents know that their child is too trusting, then the parent should supervise the child's net use. Not expect the net to become a nanny for them.

exactly, My daughter is almost 10 and there's no way I'd allow her go on Facebook, her friends from school are all on this Moshi Monsters thing which I've let her do but only when I'm sitting next to her for 15 minutes a day.

I must be the only person in the world who thinks facebook is a load of sh!te

me too

narcissistic pish

agree

when i was 12 i was outside vandalising buildings, smoking, drinking and getting involved in gang fights

happy days

To be quite honest, anyone that would put their home address or mobile number/landline number on a social networking site, is just plain ****ing stupid.

I think the most I've ever given is my school, which I've now removed. Aside from that, nothing too major, just the county I live in etc.

Other people shouldn't have to suffer for the stupidity and naivity of others, nor should a collective group of people, i.e under 18's.

Yes the Parents of this recent case
have that to live with.


But Facebook changes and updates
all the time
it is not there fault.

The whole point of Facebook
is your family and mates connect on it.
It is a Mega Hit.

I understand all of that but others shouldn't have to suffer. What needs improving is information and education regarding internet use. Warnings on the site itself would suffice even!

Communism was once a mega hit

Yes it is a valid point point you have. Parents though should ensure their childrens safety. First and Foremost.

If you believe that Facebook etc are dangerous, then its your duty as a parent not to allow your children to use it until it has been sorted to your satisfaction.

If one of their friends, an older one came round with a clapped out car that obviously shouldnt be on the road, would you let your child go out for a spin in it?

Dont use facebook everything you post online is your falt and your falt only.

Not just kids at risk is it!!!!!! Todays news guy sentenced to life for murdering his girlfriend he saw with some one else on face book.......

Indirectly face book and the like will lead to many deaths over time.......


I wish people would learn that privacy is far safer than putting yourself up for grabs.......

Yeah, I haven't had a teenager yet but having been a teenager myself I take your point!

I am sick of little children on facebook! It is annoying. I got poked by a ten year old yesterday :bored:
Stick to bebo kids.

I'm not easily shocked but when I see a 8 y-o girl/boy being on Facebook, there is something wrong. I believe that Facebook shouldn't be taken seriously, it's just for fun, but there are and always be some people who take it seriously. Facebook is the world's leader in relationships/friendships breaker, as many people would call it.

Think yourself lucky it was only a ten year old. You could have been poked by a 30 odd year old man.

My Niece loves that :laugh2:
It's all freaky.

I was poked by a very strange man too, he added me as a friend as well but I didn't accept him, wait I think I did a screenshot.

http://i43.tinypic.com/m7fhpd.jpg

I think he wants to illegally invade you O.o

??

Aaah the innocence of youth.

Invade, poke, hide the sausage, = do something that grown ups do when they love each other.

You here this stuff about kids being killed over Bebo and Facebook and then someone was murdered over Twitter a few months back.

LOL @JohnSmith *bang* u dead nw 4 realz


No but seriously, I think the people to blame are obviously the sicko that kills the person but the idiot who agrees to meet up with a stranger online.

'Hey wuu2?'
'Nm hun, watching telly wbu?'
'same, so hey wanna go meet me at a field?'
'sure why not <3'
..Dead


I would never ever meet anyone in person that i've met online and I have spoke and made alot of mates with people on Youtube/Bebo/MSN and TiBB since joining but I would never go meet them not because I dont want to get killed but quite frankly I cant be arsed.

Facebook isn't to blame for these problems, but the people who take advantage of other users. Being a social networking site, Facebook is inevitably going to come with the usual risks associated with any kind of social life or even... leaving the house.

That's true. But leaving the house doesn't excite the media........

I was always taught to not give out private information online..
Everyone is generally taught that.. people are quite ignorant in ignoring that.

Nowadays i dont really mind i can give out where i live on facebook.. i think i know 98% of my friends.. and those other sort of 2 - 4 people what will they actually do with my address..

That's what I always say but you can get some weird stalker types etc.

A lot of parents are morons when it comes to computer safety. They don't realise how much harm can be caused just by simply revealing a few details over the internet. Not only that but it is so easy for hackers to gather your bank details if you don't have sufficient protection. It's the parents responsibility to monitor their child's activity on the computer.

facebook causes more man hours lost in business than hangovers

it is the scourge of our economy. people should be sacked if they use it at work

Glad you're not my boss then :shocked:

It's relatively safe to meet people from online. You just gotta be smart about it. I wouldn't meet anyone who I have only seen in a few pictures. It's easy to steal them and create a new identity for yourself. I'd also have to hear their voice, you get a good idea of what they're like from how they talk to you.

it shouldnt be down to just facebook wheres the parents instilling some common sense into their kids
also if you do have some common sense about you there is nowt wrong with meeting people online one of my best friends i met online

Yes very true Enid, here are my top two tips:

Always go armed, a pistol and a taser should be sufficient.

Always take backup. Nothing mucks up a rapists day more than a pistol in the base of the skull at the moment of penetration.