Australia Police claims Facebook hinders child abuse probe

I have seen many causes and campaigns to eliminate sex offenders from Facebook, so that these people will not be able to use such a venue to target children.

According to the Australian police, removal of such profiles equals the destruction and elimination of valuable evidence that could be used to help convict such people of their crimes.

I guess it's one of those dammed if you do and dammed if you don't situations. Huh. On the one hand you keep kids safe by keeping predators off of the most widely used social networking site in the world. On the other hand, by kicking them off and eliminating their profiles you destroy valuable evidence that could ultimately be used to get them off the streets.

Australia Police claims Facebook hinders child abuse probe

Australian Federal Police’s high-tech collection and capability manager, Grant Edwards, expressed that the mutual legal assistance treaty with the US is outdated and not designed to allow for a rapid response to online crime. And that Facebook, the world’s biggest social network, hasn’t been helpful with the push.

So what do you do?