Facebook 101 Presentation by the Internet Safety Ad-hoc Committee.
Facebook 101: Safety
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Facebook 101 Background Facebook believes that by ostering and promoting a culture where people are accountable or their actions, building automated systems that ag and block suspicious activity, and working closely with public and private organizations to promote saety initiatives, we can maintain a trusted environment. • Convened a Safety Advisory Board in 2009 comprised of some o the most trusted global Internet saety organiza- tions (Childnet International, Connect Safely, the Family Online Safety Institute, National Network to End Domestic Violence, and WiredSafety ). • Redesigned our Family Safety Center in April 2011 (ace- book.com/saety ) with new multimedia resources tailored to parents, educators, teens, and law enorcement. • Created a Safety Page ( acebook.com/bsaety ), now with over 650,000 fans, to provide dynamic safety content directly to people’s News Feeds. • Participated in the March 2011 White House Conference on Bullying Prevention where we announced a new ‘Social Reporting’ tool that helps people report bullying content not only to Facebook, but also to someone else in their lives who might be in a position to help. • Sponsored initiatives with Time Warner, PACER Center’s National Center for Bullying Prevention, MTV’s “A Thin Line” campaign, the BBC, the National Crime Prevention Council and others ocused on Internet saety education. • Convened a Network of Support comprised of leading LGBT advocacy groups (GLAAD, GLSEN, HRC, PFLAG, the Trevor Project) plus MTV to address unique challenges faced by the LGBT community. History Facebook has always been committed to promoting a safe online environment. In 2008, Facebook signed an agreement with 49 state Attorneys General to help protect children rom online predators. Facebook was an active participant in the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a group o businesses, non-profts, academi cs, and tech experts that worked to identiy eective tools to create a saer environment on the Internet or young people. We have made the ollowing our key areas o saety ocus: • Eliminating child exploitativ e material: Collaboration with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Department of Justice to prevent dissemination of illegal content. • Preventing suicide: Partnership with National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and dedicated reporting mechanisms across the Facebook site. • Discouraging harassment and bullying: Aggressive response to user reports (24 hours), founding member of the Stop Cyberbullying Coalition. • Finding missing children and runaways: Regular involvement with law enforcement to quickly relay IP data that may help locate missing teens, and regular broadcast of AMBER Alerts on Facebook. • Promoting digital citizenship: 2011 public awareness partnership with Time Warner using Facebook and Time Warner properties, including the Stop Bullying: Speak Up social pledge app which has been ‘liked’ by over 1 million people so ar (acebook.com/stopbullyingspeakup ). We have developed complex systems and tools that enhance saety and confdence in our service: • Authenticate people’s identities by agging and blocking ake profles based on name or anomalous site activity . • Respond to complaints of abuse by providing ubiquitous report links, prioritizing the most serious reports, and employing a trained team o reviewers who respond and escalate reports to law enorcement as appropriate. Continued Commitment to Collaborate We know that the best way to protect people and promote a sae environment is to work with parents, teachers, saety advocates, policymakers and others. We welcome the opportunity to develop new ways o promoting saety on Facebook and across the Web. About Facebook Founded in February 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Faceb ook is a privately held company headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. Safety Updated: Nov. 2011 Notable Activity
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Facebook 101
BackgroundFacebook believes that by ostering and promoting a culture where people are accountable or their
actions, building automated systems that ag and block suspicious activity, and working closely with
public and private organizations to promote saety initiatives, we can maintain a trusted environmen
• Convened a Safety Advisory Board in 2009 comprised ofsome o the most trusted global Internet saety organiza-tions (Childnet International, Connect Safely, the FamilyOnline Safety Institute, National Network to End DomesticViolence, and WiredSafety).
• Redesigned our Family Safety Center in April 2011 (ace-book.com/saety) with new multimedia resources tailoredto parents, educators, teens, and law enorcement.
• Created a Safety Page (acebook.com/bsaety), nowwith over 650,000 fans, to provide dynamic safety contentdirectly to people’s News Feeds.
• Participated in the March 2011 White House Conferenceon Bullying Prevention where we announced a new ‘SocialReporting’ tool that helps people report bullying contentnot only to Facebook, but also to someone else in their liveswho might be in a position to help.
• Sponsored initiatives with Time Warner, PACER Center’sNational Center for Bullying Prevention, MTV’s “A Thin Line”campaign, the BBC, the National Crime Prevention Counciland others ocused on Internet saety education.
• Convened a Network of Support comprised of leadingLGBT advocacy groups (GLAAD, GLSEN, HRC, PFLAG, theTrevor Project) plus MTV to address unique challengesfaced by the LGBT community.
History
Facebook has always been committed to promoting asafe online environment. In 2008, Facebook signed anagreement with 49 state Attorneys General to help protectchildren rom online predators. Facebook was an activeparticipant in the Internet Safety Technical Task Force,a group o businesses, non-profts, academics, and techexperts that worked to identiy eective tools to create asaer environment on the Internet or young people.
We have made the ollowing our key areas o saety ocus:
• Eliminating child exploitative material: Collaborationwith the National Center for Missing and Exploited Childrenand Department of Justice to prevent dissemination ofillegal content.
• Preventing suicide: Partnership with NationalSuicide Prevention Lifeline and dedicated reportingmechanisms across the Facebook site.
• Discouraging harassment and bullying: Aggressiveresponse to user reports (24 hours), founding member of
the Stop Cyberbullying Coalition.
• Finding missing children and runaways: Regularinvolvement with law enforcement to quickly relayIP data that may help locate missing teens, and regularbroadcast of AMBER Alerts on Facebook.
• Promoting digital citizenship: 2011 public awarenesspartnership with Time Warner using Facebook and TimeWarner properties, including the Stop Bullying: Speak Upsocial pledge app which has been ‘liked’ by over 1 millionpeople so ar (acebook.com/stopbullyingspeakup).
We have developed complex systems and tools that
enhance saety and confdence in our service:
• Authenticate people’s identities by agging and blockingake profles based on name or anomalous site activity. • Respond to complaints of abuse by providing ubiquitousreport links, prioritizing the most serious reports, andemploying a trained team o reviewers who respond andescalate reports to law enorcement as appropriate. Continued Commitment to Collaborate
We know that the best way to protect people and promotea sae environment is to work with parents, teachers,
saety advocates, policymakers and others. We welcomethe opportunity to develop new ways o promoting saetyon Facebook and across the Web.
About Facebook
Founded in February 2004, Facebook’s mission is to givepeople the power to share and make the world more open andconnected. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact withthe people they know in a trusted environment. Facebook is aprivately held company headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.
Safety
Updated: Nov. 2011
Notable Activity
