Facebook Upset Over Pedophile Story, Threatens to Sue Daily Mail

Facebook is none too pleased with the way the Daily Mail titled a recent story about a gang of pedophiles in the U.K., and the social network is willing to go to court to settle it.

On Friday, the paper ran a front-page story about a "complex child abuse investigation," involving a group of pedophiles operating out of Devon and more than 20 children who may have been targeted. At the time, it was unclear whether or not the gang used Facebook to coordinate their actions or to find their victims. However, a detective said that parts of the operation "may have occurred on the Internet," and that authorities were "keeping an open mind with regards to Facebook, Bebo and other sites." Nevertheless, the Daily Mail decided to run the story under a headline that read: "How many more victims of Facebook sex gang?"

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