Facebook urged to act after memorial sites defaced

Cyber attacks on Facebook pages set up to pay tribute to two murdered Australian children has prompted calls for the social networking site to be more accountable for its users.

Cyber attacks on Facebook pages set up to pay tribute to two murdered Australian children has prompted calls for the social networking site to be more accountable for its users.Social media experts say it is natural that people who use sites such as Facebook or MySpace as a major form of communication should turn to these sites with personal tragedies.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61O29N20100225
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-urged-to-act-after-memorial-sites-defaced-1910209.htmlAlso see:Queensland police urge Facebook to clean up sites
Facebook has put up the shutters after coming under renewed pressure over the defacing of an online memorial for murdered schoolgirl Trinity Bates, the second such outrage in a week.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/queensland-police-urge-facebook-to-clean-up-sites/story-e6frg6n6-1225833622929Bligh steps up pressure on Facebook over Trinity Bates and Elliott Fletcher
Annz Bligh has intensified pressure on social networking giant Facebook, challenging the company in parliament to take responsibility for offensive material posted on tribute sites for murdered children Elliott Fletcher and Trinity Bates.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/bligh-steps-up-pressure-on-facebook-over-trinity-bates-and-elliott-fletcher/story-e6frg6n6-1225834440162Bligh hits out at ‘sick’ net sites
Anna Bligh has called on Facebook to explain what it will do to block the “sickening” hijacking of internet memorials after web vigilantes set up hate sites against the accused killer of Queensland girl Trinity Bates.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/state-politics/bligh-hits-out-at-sick-net-sites/story-e6frgczx-1225834063831Trinity’s murder inflames Facebook debate
Queensland police are calling for calm after the death of a young girl in Bundaberg and the appearance in court of the man charged with her abduction and murder.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/25/2829635.htmFeelings and Facebook: grief in social media
What could be more horrific, more life freezing, than the violent death of a child? What could possibly alleviate the sense of loss for the surviving family?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/25/2830154.htm

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