BRUSSELS: Seventeen social networking sites in Europe including Facebook and MySpace signed on Tuesday a pact aimed at curbing “cyber-bullying” and protecting the privacy of underage users, the European Commission said.
The Commission, the 27-nation EU’s executive arm, said the agreement will cut the risks of children harassing peers online and curb “grooming” - the practice of adults befriending children online with the intention of committing sexual abuse.
“It is an important step forward towards making our children’s clicks on social networking sites safer in Europe,” Viviane Reding, EU commissioner for Information Society and Media said in a statement.
The use of social networks has grown over the past year by 35% in Europe and is expected to more than double to 107.4 million users by 2012, the Commission said. MySpace last week revealed to a US investigative task force that it had barred 90,000 registered sex offenders from using the site in last two years.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/EU_sign_pact_against_cyber-bullying/articleshow/4108763.cms
The Commission, the 27-nation EU’s executive arm, said the agreement will cut the risks of children harassing peers online and curb “grooming” - the practice of adults befriending children online with the intention of committing sexual abuse.
“It is an important step forward towards making our children’s clicks on social networking sites safer in Europe,” Viviane Reding, EU commissioner for Information Society and Media said in a statement.
The use of social networks has grown over the past year by 35% in Europe and is expected to more than double to 107.4 million users by 2012, the Commission said. MySpace last week revealed to a US investigative task force that it had barred 90,000 registered sex offenders from using the site in last two years.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/EU_sign_pact_against_cyber-bullying/articleshow/4108763.cms
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