FACEBOOK PORN

I must admit that some of the news blogs on facebook that I read, have graphic images (my 15/16 year old children read those), and even when they have been messaged concerning this and someone draws attention that   someone has ‘posted’ indecent material on their page wall , they ignore it.  Images of large breasts and other  bodily parts, or women offering god knows what to anyone who wishes to ‘click’…they still ignore it!  Why? Maybe they have more viewers? 

Are these really the people that you want to attract anyway, and are these the newsblogs we really want to read?

Today CNN reports that….

(CNN) — Porn, violent images and other graphic pieces of content are spreading across Facebook in what appears to be a widespread and ugly spam attack.

Graham Cluley, a consultant with Web security firm Sophos, said Tuesday that “explicit and violent” images had been flooding the News Feeds of Facebook users for the past 24 hours or so.

Cluley wrote on the Sophos blog that the images have included hardcore porn; photoshopped images of celebrities, including teen pop star Justin Bieber, in sexual positions; “extreme violence;” and at least one image of an abused dog.

The researcher said it wasn’t clear Tuesday how the images were spreading.

One possibility: “Clickjacking,” when clicking on a friend’s image shares it in your own feed.

Hackers also may have compromised the accounts of users with weak passwords or tricked people into installing malicious code.

“What’s clear,” Cluley wrote,  ”is that mischief-makers are upsetting many Facebook users and making the social networking site far from a family-friendly place.”

Several CNN.com staffers reported seeing some of the images by Tuesday morning.

Facebook says it is aware of the images.

“Protecting the people who use Facebook from spam and malicious content is a top priority for us and we are always working to improve our systems to isolate and remove material that violates our terms,” spokesman Andrew Noyes said in an email. “We have recently experienced an increase in reports and we are investigating and addressing the issue.”