Rape and Murder of Teenage Girl puts Pressure on Facebook to provide a Panic Button

As a consequence of the tragic death of a teenage girl caused by a man she met on facebook, a very popular social networking site, Facebook is receiving a lot of pressure from British officials to get a Panic Button showing on the site's web pages.

There has been a whole lot of uproar about the safety of social networking site members specially vulnerable teenagers.

British Child protection authorities have been gathering support for the installation of one click panic button on networking sites which can get a person immediate police help, if he/she feels there is any risk.

The 17 year old girl Ashleigh Hall was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a man named Peter Chapman who created a bogus facebook profile to get close to her online.

Looks like facebook is going to have to do something about the Panic Button issue as Ashleigh Hall facebook issue will not seem to die down without some thing being done .The Ashleigh Hall Peter Chapman story has once again highlighted the dangers of meeting people online. Lets hope Ashleigh Hall will teach us at least a lesson and will help many more teenagers understanding the dangers and avoiding them while making friends online. nybreakingnews.com