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by ErrantX 5868 days ago
I work in computer forensics (so from experience). :)
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What (if anything) would you ask Facebook to do to help with this problem?

It seems to me that a paedophile using Facebook to contact kids will be very visible with certain statistical analysis of user behavior.

Not much more than they are already. There isn't an awful lot you can do to prevent this happening because there are too many variables.

> It seems to me that a paedophile using Facebook to contact kids will be very visible with certain statistical analysis of user behavior

I'm cautious of such methods - they aren't infallible, and what do you do with the results? Read their messages to be sure? Contact the police? Put a warning on their profile that others can see? All of that feels worrisome.

Really your kid being talked to by a pedophile is reasonably low probability. The chance of them being coerced into sending a photo or meeting them is also fairly low (for the most part those who use chat in this way aren't particularly predatory - they are more ill, or lonely and mislead. Not that this excuses them ofc).

Ultimately education of parent and kids seems the best solution.