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Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter could face financial penalties under a Coalition plan to curb online bullying of children.

It has suggested setting up a children's e-safety commissioner with the power to monitor online content and seek the removal of harmful material.

However, given most large social media websites are based overseas and therefore not subject to Australian law, the scheme would rely on "cooperative regulation" between the government and affected companies.

The policy would require the websites to have a clear complaints process, but also allow the commissioner to issue a take-down notice if there was a clear problem with the online content which the complainant was unable to resolve.

"This is not about internet censorship, this is not about big brother," Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull told reporters in Sydney.

"What this will do is give parents and teachers and carers and children the tools to ensure that bullying and harassment is no more acceptable on a smart phone than it is in a playground."

The Coalition plans to consult the affected websites in developing the idea, including what material would be considered likely to "cause harm to an Australian child".

If there was a breach of the cooperative regulations, the companies could face fines or other penalties.

But it is unclear whether companies such as Facebook or Twitter would be willing to sign up to such a scheme.

The Government and police have , accusing it of being arrogant and not responding to the legitimate concerns of Australian authorities.

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Sydney, Nov 15 (ANI): Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are playing a key role in the reporting of sexual abuse and assaults, experts have said.

Australian police forces were early adopters of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, regularly using them to publish appeals for help and access potential witnesses and tip-offs.

Experts say that social media is also playing a key role in the reporting of crime, particularly sex offences where victims may be ashamed or afraid to speak face-to-face with authorities.

Carolyn Worth, manager of the Centre Against Sexual Assault's (CASA) southeast branch, says young people in particular feel more comfortable disclosing incidents via social media.

"It has been our experience that social media has assisted people to disclose sexual assaults that they would not feel comfortable discussing either in person or over the telephone," the Herald Sun quoted her, as saying.

"It has been amazing how many people have accessed our websites and social media and have disclosed sexual assault and asked for information and assistance," she added.

According to the paper, police officials said that the social media has also revolutionized the way authorities fight crime.

"Having the ability to use Facebook and Twitter has changed the way some cases are run," the report quoted one police officer, as saying. (ANI)

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Keynote Systems, the expert in Internet and mobile cloud monitoring, monitors the top 10 UK social networking sites on a monthly basis and analyses how these sites perform compared to their competitors. By Robert Castley.

The social networking sites performed well in October, with seven out of nine websites loading in under two seconds. Facebook took the title as the best performing website, with an impressive response time of 0.75 seconds, the only social media site to take below a second to load. At the other end of the spectrum, Bebo struggled in its performance as it has done in previous months, with a response time of 15.71 seconds in October.

In terms of availability the chances of the website loading correctly when visited Facebook stormed up the table this month, from ninth place in September to second in October, with a success rate of 99.63 percent. Flickr also improved this month and achieved a success rate of 99.95 percent. Those not doing so well included; You Tube UK, Bebo and Wayn with success rates dipping below 99 percent for all three. Wayn had a particularly low success rate in October of 85.86 percent, falling to ninth place. Overall however, the availability of the social networks was good, with six out of the nine websites having an above 99 percent chance of being available and loading correctly when visited.

Social media is all about fast interaction, and if sites arent responding or are taking too long to load, it wont take long for users to become frustrated. It is promising that these social media sites are improving over time in terms of availability and performance, but consistency is absolutely key to creating loyal visitors. Moreover, given the vocal nature of social networks, poor performance could ruin a reputation, which could make or break an online service.

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Robert Castley has been solutions consultant at Keynote for over two years. Prior to working at Keynote, Robert worked as a Professional Services Consultant at a document management company, Macro 4, where he worked on developing custom web interfaces.

Robert is passionate about web performance and optimisation and has over 10 years of web development experience. One of his proudest achievements is developing one of the worlds most popular Open Source Content Management Systems to the masses Mambo, which now lives on as Joomla!

Robert has a BTEC National Diploma in Computer Studies.

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