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Safety, Privacy and Civility
in Cyberspace
Nicky Jackson Colaco
Public Policy, Facebook
National Conference of State Legislatures Fall Forum
Phoenix, AZ
500 million+
active users
• ~5.4 million
2008 voters
• ~7 million
Facebook users
• ~950,000
2008 voters
• ~7 million
~1.2 million Facebook users
acebook users
• ~2.1 million
2008 voters
• ~2.7 million
Facebook users
Safety
Real Name Culture
Before
Now
NJC0305
Nicky Jackson Colaco
The Tools We Build: Abuse Reporting
Creepster2010
The Tools We Build:
Combating Data Security Threats
Safety Focus Areas
• Cyberbullying and harassment
• Suicidal activity
• Child exploitative materials
• Registered sex offenders
• Missing children and runaways
Safety Focus Areas
• Cyberbullying and harassment
Safety Focus Areas
• Suicidal activity
Safety Focus Areas
• Child exploitative materials
Safety Focus Areas
• Missing children and runaways
Safety Focus Areas
•Registered sex offenders
Privacy
Simple Settings
One-Click Controls
Contextual Permissions
Special Protections for Minors (13-17)
ADULTS: Can elect to be found by search engines
MINORS: Can’t be found by search engines
ADULTS: Can select and share with
‘Everyone’
MINORS: Can select ‘Everyone’ but automatically
limit to subset
Civility
Civility and Education
We’ll never stop working to do more
Facebook.com/safety
Facebook.com/fbsafety
Facebook.com/privacy
Nicky Jackson Colaco – nicky@fb.com
Corey Owens at cco@fb.com
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