Facebook removes "stabbing" app

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• "in light of the rising number of teenagers who have become victims of knife crimes" Prove it. Or you could just keep spreading the FUD. Posted by bob, london
• Why blame Facebook for this when it's a separate application developer who created this? As if it isn't difficult enough having to constantly moderate and remove rubbish from there site, which they have achieved immensely well. It's hardly irresponsible of Facebook if it was not created nor added by them, nor is it that it took protesters to have it removed from the site, it just shows they acted on abuse reports as with every other form of illegality or misuse on there site.
  
  I hope there is no action taken against Facebook because its a brilliantly laid out site, using the best technology can offer such as AJAX. Unlike Myspace where you can view anybodies profile page (to an extent), you must have an invitation accepted on Facebook before you can see details or access someones page.
  
  I find it highly inappropriate to target the site as a whole and maybe the activists should blame the individual author of the program as apposed to attempting to give Facebook a bad reputation.
  
  Posted by Jay, Cheshire
• Bob is right, There were victims of knife crimes 50 years ago, its not the number of incidents going up but the number of incidents being reported and sensationalized. Posted by Hank, London
• But it all ok as the goverments fudge a report that says knife crime is down... or is it !!
  
  Maybe virtual shanking should be left alone as it doesnt do any physical harm to make them take down this app is madness while your kids can still play any game and pick up a virtual knife / gun...
  
  Its censorship gone mad....
  
  Posted by Bill and Ben, UK