FACEBOOK has joined forces with a British child protection agency to create a “panic button” application on its site, it was announced yesterday, as the social networking giant finally gave in to calls to do more to protect youngsters online.

Facebook today responded to calls to step up online security by announcing a raft of new measures to “transform social networking safety”.

PAEDOPHILES using the internet to target youngsters could be tracked down – by the way they use a keyboard.

Facebook has said they not against having a "report abuse" button used by other social networking sites, in principle.

A convicted sex offender in the UK today admitted kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenager who he ensnared using an internet social networking site.