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9 June 2008
Public wants social networks regulated
Brits are overwhelmingly in favour of tighter regulation of social network sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, as they are concerned about media exploitation of personal information- a new survey has revealed.
The research, conducted by Ipsos Mori for the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), found that nine out of 10 people believed that social sites should be policed to prevent media abuse of private details posted to their personal profiles.
Each of the main online social networks currently implements its own self-regulation and the sites have long voiced their opposition to calls for a common set of rules.
Nearly 80% of the 1,000 Britons questioned in the survey also said they would change the personal information they had published on social networks if they thought it could be used by the national press.
However, only eight per cent of respondents reported being embarrassed by details about them posted to social sites.
In response to the research, chairman of the PCC, Sir Christopher Meyer, said that there was a need for public awareness about what could happen to information once it was voluntarily put into the public domain.
