A More Responsible Facebook.com

October 23, 2007 on 5:20 am | In Facebook News | 4 Comments

From now on, expect some positive changes to take place in Facebook.com particularly when it comes to under aged children who are interested to access and become member of this website. Facebook.com has undertaken a more responsible role in its social networking activities. This comes about as a consequence of a settlement it entered with the office of Andrew M. Cuomo, the New York Attorney General.

Investigators working for the Department of Economic Justice posed as teenagers to become registered members of Facebook.com. They reported that in a matter of days, sexual predators began sending them rather distasteful messages. Although they immediately filed their complaints using Facebook.com’s online system, their concerns were not addressed quickly. Facebook.com was thereafter accused of conducting false advertising since it claims to provide a safe and secure haven for young children interested to participate in online networking.

To make up for its past mistakes, Facebook.com will be posting appropriate warnings regarding the possible dangers the website may pose to young, unsupervised children. It will also try to respond promptly to complaints filed by its members in order to immediately correct the situation. As an additional measure, it will hire an independent, third party to take charge in tracking Facebook.com’s responses to the various complaints lodged with it.