Facebook under fire over child porn
May 10, 2012
A significant amount of child pornography is being uploaded onto Facebook every single day, according to a new report.
The world’s largest social network, despite deploying several techniques to
censor this type of content is playing host to many inappropriate images and
groups.
A Facebook spokesman said: "Unfortunately, these disgusting individuals exist in our society and, on rare occasions, on Facebook. However, no service has done more to seek them out, remove their content, and help bring them to justice than Facebook. We have a zero tolerance policy for child exploitation materials on the site and take industry-leading measures to try to accomplish that goal including building a dedicated team of professional investigators, integrating Photo DNA, a technology that scans all images on Facebook and flags know child exploitative material, developing a collaborative partnership with NCMEC and law enforcement specializing in child protection, and building many cases that have been escalated to law enforcement.”
The average amount of time indecent content stays on Facebook is three days.
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