Facebook faces grilling over child porn claims

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The issue of child pornography groups on Facebook was also previously underlined by the BBC. Several examples of child pornography and terror content flagged on the social network were not been removed by Facebook, reports the Times, underlining an issue with moderation on the site. It is clear that we can do better, and we'll continue to work hard to live up to the high standards people rightly expect of Facebook."The social network claims it is improving its moderation of such content. Anyone who sees child sexual abuse images are can report the content Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) or Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), additionally they can contact the NSPCC helpline for further information on 0808 800 5000. Furthermore can flag up illicit or offensive content but it's also looking to automate many of these processes with AI.


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Facebook faces grilling over child porn claims

Facebook faces new questions from a committee of MPs over claims of child pornography on the website. MPs could consider broadening the inquiry after Easter to also investigate child porn and paedophile sites. Yvette Cooper, the chair of the Home Affairs Committee, said MPs required "further answers" just weeks after bosses from the social media giant were grilled in Parliament. We have removed all of these images, which violate our policies and have no place on Facebook." The committee last month interviewed executives from Google , Facebook and Twitter for an inquiry into whether social media was meeting its obligations to remove hate crime materials and pro-terrorist propaganda.

Facebook faces grilling over child porn claims

Times probe uncovers 'extremist and child porn content' on Facebook that could put it 'at risk of committing a criminal offence' in the UK – Press Gazette
These included dozens of pornographic cartoons depicting child abuse, a video showing a young child being violently abused and a video showing a jihadist holding a knife and standing over a severed head. Facebook "is at risk of committing a criminal offence" in the UK after a Times investigation uncovered potentially illegal terrorist and child porn content on the social network, despite moderators being made aware of it. The video showing a beheading is very likely to be a publication that encourages terrorism. The Times said it was told by Facebook that this last video "did not contravene its rules against graphic violence". Facebook's algorithms are understood to have promoted some of the content by suggesting users join groups that had published it, according to the Times.


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