17 October 2007
An agreement has been made between social networking website, Facebook, and New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to protect underage members from obscene content.
Facebook has agreed to speed up its process for addressing complaints of inappropriate content or unwelcome contact. Cuomo’s office, will independently monitor the compliance with the safeguard over the next two years.
These social networking sites are attractive. We want to make sure they're safe,
Cuomo said.
After receiving complaints about the content of the website, Cuomo said that this new agreement recognises that parents also share the responsibility to shield their children from inappropriate web content.
The disclosure section on Facebook's site will say, 'Facebook cannot guarantee that its site is entirely free of illegal, offensive, pornographic or otherwise inappropriate material, or that its members will not encounter or inappropriate or illegal conduct from other members'.
It puts the parent on notice, frankly, so the parent makes the decision and the parent exercises his or her best judgment.
Cuomo said.
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