Gamble, who leads the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), has hit out at the social networking site, branding it "arrogant" for failing to install a red panic button to instantly contact police.
Speaking yesterday, Gamble also criticised Facebook for not forwarding any complaints made through its reporting system to Ceop. He said Ceop had received 252 complaints regarding behaviour on the site in the past three months but none of them had come from Facebook itself.
Gamble said: "None of these complaints came direct from Facebook. If their system is so robust and they are receiving so many reports and concerns from young people, then where are they?"
However, Facebook has hit back claiming its complaints are sent to Ceop's US sister agency, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which it expects to pass on details to the UK law enforcement agency.
Facebook insists its current reporting system, found at the bottom of users' profile pages, is effective for ensuring users' safety and has said a red panic button would not be the best solution to keep children safe online.
While Facebook does not currently have an agreement to send any complaints to Ceop, this is likely to change on Monday after Facebook's meeting with Gamble where they will be discussing the social networking site's online safety strategy, which will be to educate its online community about safety awareness.
However, a spokesperson at Ceop said it would want Facebook to install the button, which would act as a direct reporting facility for immediate action.
The issue of Facebook's safety came to a head last month after serial rapist Peter Chapman posed on the site as a young boy to lure his 17-year old victim to her death in County Durham.
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