We must work with a diverse set of experts and organizations devoted to online safety in order to bring you the best safety resources on Facebook. We've been following this collaborative approach to safety for years, and today we took another step by launching a global Safety Advisory Board. This group of five leading Internet safety organizations from North America and Europe will consult with us on online safety issues.
Improving safety online is a group effort. It requires diligence from everyone who's online or on Facebook—whether by reporting abusive behavior or making sure your account and passwords are secure. At Facebook, we think about our role the same way.
By Matt Hicks on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 2:51pm
One of our first projects together will be to overhaul the safety information that's available to you from the Facebook Help Center so that the resources are more comprehensive and include content that's specifically tailored to the needs of parents, teachers and teens.We're grateful for the support of such a well-respected group of organizations in our latest effort. The initial members of the Safety Advisory Board are Childnet International, The Family Online Safety Institute, Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely and WiredSafety.
Over time, we will consider adding additional members to the Safety Advisory Board as we identify good candidates and seek to broaden its international representation. You can learn more about these organizations and our Safety Advisory Board by reading today's announcement here.
The Safety Advisory Board is just one step we've taken—and will continue to take—to promote a safer environment on Facebook. Just last week, we partnered with MTV on the A Thin Line campaign to educate people about digital abuse.
A few weeks ago, the New York Attorney General's office cited Facebook's help in identifying and disabling the accounts of registered sex offenders. We worked with the BBC in November on their Bullyproof campaign in the UK. We also regularly invite organizations like the National Crime
Prevention Council to share safety tips with you on this blog, and we provide updates on new safety approaches we're taking on the site to make reporting abuse easier. As we now work with the Safety Advisory Board, you can expect to see more safety resources on this blog and in our Help Center in the months to come.
Only by working together can all of us stay safe online. Richard Allan, Facebook's director of European public policy, is doing his part for online safety.
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