Facebook has had to face the wrath of Britain's online child protection agency, for refusing to install a panic button on its site.

Richard Allan, Head of Policy for Facebook, Europe says that the company had agreed to undertake a series of measures, which would permits its users in the UK to report their worries about child safety . These concerns would be reported to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (Ceop).

This new system flags up Ceop only after users have finished following Facebook's own reporting procedure. Other websites like Bebo have already agreed to introduce the panic button which will direct users directly to Ceop.

Jim Gamble, Chief Executive of Ceop is of the opinion that by refusing to install a visible panic button, which is a move backed by the police; the website was deterring the agency from doing its best.

He stated that the panic button on Facebook would function as a burglar alarm in one's house.

Gamble remarked, "People still break in because they don't realize you are in there and at the end of the day your family is still traumatized".