• BBC, Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:15 PM

Addressing the continued threat of online predators and pedophiles, Facebook says it just might give users access to a "panic button." The UK's Home Secretary Alan Johnson said Thursday that Facebook executives told him they had "no objection in principle" to installing such a safety precaution. The move came amid calls for Facebook to add a link to Ceop, or the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre.

Furthermore, a Facebook spokesperson tells The BBC that the top social network is "exploring ways to improve safety," which includes adding links to more organizations -- including Ceop and anti-bullying site Beatbullying -- on Facebook's reporting pages. Whether similar measures are being considered stateside is unclear.

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