Facebook has partnered with the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) to create a "panic button" application for the popular social networking hub, officials announced on Monday morning.

Officials from a child protection agency met with Facebook representatives on Monday in an effort to try and convince the social networking website to add a "panic button" for children.

A GLOBAL investigation into internet child abuse has spread to Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.

FORTY-six British paedophiles have been arrested as part of a gang who swapped sick child videos on the internet. Police raided the homes of the men in 21 towns including London, Manchester and Glasgow.

By D'arcy Doran, Associated Press LONDON -- A team of international investigators infiltrated an Internet chat room used by pedophiles who streamed live videos of children being raped, rescuing 31 children and identifying more than 700 suspects worldwide.