BBC News: Facebook failed to remove sexualised images of children
"... the BBC reported dozens of photos to Facebook, but more than 80% were not removed.
They included images from groups where users were discussing swapping what appeared to be child abuse material.
When provided with examples of the images, Facebook reported the BBC journalists involved to the police and cancelled plans for an interview."
The online version is quite as clear as the BBC News Channel reports, but basically when BBC journalists reported 100 images as inappropriate, Faceebook only removed a small number of them. When the journalists pointed out they had not removed 90-odd more, Facebook specifically asked to be sent examples of what images the journalists were highlighting. When the journalists did so, Facebook reported them (the journalists) to the police, and issued this statement:
"It is against the law for anyone to distribute images of child exploitation."
Now in one sense the journalists were a tad naïve, because such distribution is a strict liability offence in the UK, but equally Facebook were bloody stupid for effectively soliciting the offence. It's hard to fathom their reasoning. Presumably if they are sent something which they're already hosting and they think is still innocuous, they will presumably say so and take no action, but if they agree with the sender that - again - what they (Facebook) are already hosting is inappropriate/illegal, they will report the sender to the police for providing the proof that they (Facebook) asked for!
"... the BBC reported dozens of photos to Facebook, but more than 80% were not removed.
They included images from groups where users were discussing swapping what appeared to be child abuse material.
When provided with examples of the images, Facebook reported the BBC journalists involved to the police and cancelled plans for an interview."
The online version is quite as clear as the BBC News Channel reports, but basically when BBC journalists reported 100 images as inappropriate, Faceebook only removed a small number of them. When the journalists pointed out they had not removed 90-odd more, Facebook specifically asked to be sent examples of what images the journalists were highlighting. When the journalists did so, Facebook reported them (the journalists) to the police, and issued this statement:
"It is against the law for anyone to distribute images of child exploitation."
Now in one sense the journalists were a tad naïve, because such distribution is a strict liability offence in the UK, but equally Facebook were bloody stupid for effectively soliciting the offence. It's hard to fathom their reasoning. Presumably if they are sent something which they're already hosting and they think is still innocuous, they will presumably say so and take no action, but if they agree with the sender that - again - what they (Facebook) are already hosting is inappropriate/illegal, they will report the sender to the police for providing the proof that they (Facebook) asked for!
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