Everyday I check out foxnews.com to get a daily news update, and today a headline really caught my eye. It not only caught my eye because it was disgusting, but it made me wonder what people and groups can get away with on facebook.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/09/28/pedophiles-find-home-social-networking-facebook/
There supposedly was a group on facebook that was dedicated to helping pedophiles connect with each other and share strategies. I know this sounds crazy, but its true. Now obviously Facebook took this down immeadiately after the news article is posted, but it still makes me wonder what else is out there. There are facebook groups dedicated to neo-nazism, anti civil rights groups, and groups on mass suicide. Facebook says it stops these type of groups, but they are still out there. It is my hope that facebook will step up its security features and shut down these type of groups.
I just read another article that stays that Facebook has agreements with 49 states to remove known sex offenders profiles from the server. I guess these groups (and I mean really, besides being completely disgusting are obviously made up of not-so-brilliant members) are formed by people who are not yet convicted...I wonder if law enforcement can do anything about people simply joining these kinds of groups or if they actually have to have some evidence of wrongdoing?
ReplyDeleteI tried to post a comment to this the week you wrote it but evidently I didn't type in the security code.
ReplyDeleteI just said that since facebook is so big it sould be hard to control all of these groups, unfortunately. That's why it depends so heavily on its users.
There was a rumor going around about a group called "Proud parent" or "I love my kids" That was supposedly a pedophile group. They were hoping to get people to join so they could access pictures of their children. Not sure if it is entirely true. But still pretty scary.