Facebook is threatening legal action against the Daily Mail tekstombrydningsfunktionen a dispute over the header in a story front, are named by using the social networking site in connection with a story of a paedophile gang operating in Devon.
Friday's Mail heel with the heading "how many more victims for Facebook sex gang?", after parents 16,000 pupils in Torbay was warned by an ongoing "complex child abuse investigation" which may involve 20 or more victims in the area.
There are prompted an angry response from Facebook, as I said, there was no evidence in support of the claim, social networking site was used to facilitate sexual exploitation of children in this case.
Facebook complained to the Daily Mail, and the newspaper changed the wording of the headline online until a further investigation. Website – that try to take a hard stance against Mail – also called for an apology in Print.
Mail it considers, however, has no reason to apologize and insiders said the newspaper had good reason to believe that the mention of Facebook in the title was appropriate. A spokesman for the message said: "we stand by our history."
Dissatisfied with showdown, Facebook had decided to recruit its lawyers, Osborne Clarke, to examine whether the social network company can sue the newspaper, or whether it should lodge a complaint with the press complaints Commission.
Answers to questions from MediaGuardian.co.uk, a spokeswoman for Facebook said there was "no evidence" that the site was used to "facilitate these crimes". She added: "While the headline inaccurate switched quickly online, where the damage is incorrectly bound to this story on the front is worthy of an excuse – both daily Mail readers and Facebook – equal prominence."
Mails heading was partly based on a declaration of Detective Inspector Simon Snell, who said that the grooming of children in the area "may have occurred on internet" and that officers "keep an open mind with regard to Facebook, Bebo and other sites".
However, Devon & Cornwall Police, handling of the investigation, this week in private, in this case, sites such as Facebook was not used as grooming tools, but to potential witnesses and victims to communicate with each other.
One man, Jake Ormerod, 19, is charged with two sex offences as a result of the investigation of the Devon & Cornwall Police. Saturday's Mail and Mail Online website featured pictures of Ormerod taken, it is understood from his Facebook page.
Friday's front page story as printed is no longer available on the Mail Online. A heavily rewritten version is displayed instead of pictures of Ormerod, which contains a reference to children will be trained on sites "including Facebook".
It is not the first time Facebook has locked horns with Mail. In March extracted social networks an apology from the Mail after the newspaper said that a man as a 14-year-old girl, who had created a profile on Facebook had been contacted "within seconds" of older men, who wanted her to perform a sex act in front of "". The author of the crunch had actually logged on to someone else, Untitled, "well-known" social network site.
Facebook argues that while it may be possible to soignere child victims on the site – it is also possible to make it through a very wide range of techniques, technologies, and websites. The company also argues, it cannot be held responsible for people who are in a position to have Facebook pages, and that all child abuse at the end of the day takes place offline unlawful acts.
Facebook said it had not "excluded trial" as it waited to see how or if the newspaper would react.
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