Startup dumps Facebook: '80% of ad clicks came from bots' How Facebook fights child porn. It's hard not to be affected by an article titled "Kids Raped, Sodomized on Facebook Pages," the first of a four-part WND series about child porn and Facebook.
The article alleges that the blog "located dozens of child porn images after 'friending' many likely pedophiles and predators who trade thousands of pornographic photos on the social network. " Unlike legal "adult pornography," child porn depicts sexual exploitation of children, in some cases very young children. Child porn is illegal in the United States and many other countries.
Anyone who knowingly produces, transmits, stores, or possesses child porn could face a long prison term and a lifetime on sex offender registries. Children depicted in these images and videos are victimized during the production and throughout their lives, as the images proliferate and continue to be viewed, often for many years. I'm not new to this issue. Since then, more than 1.4 million tips have been reported. Mother's fury after Facebook removes pictures of baby son who lived for just eight hours after being born with rare birth defect.
By Rachel Quigley Published: 21:57 GMT, 18 May 2012 | Updated: 13:40 GMT, 21 May 2012 A furious mother is demanding answers from Facebook as to why they took down photographs she posted on the site of her son, who was born with a rare birth defect, and then later banned her from the site altogether.
Grayson James Walker, from Memphis, Tennessee, was born on February 15, 2012 with Anencephaly, a rare neural tube birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. His parents Heather and Patrick Walker knew 16 weeks into the pregnancy their son would not live very long due to his birth defect. Scroll down for video Precious moments: Heather and Patrick Walker say goodbye to their newborn son Grayson who only lived for eight hours after being born with a rare defect Love and care: Patrick and his two other children cradle Grayson before he passes away 'They of course gave us the option to terminate,' Heather told WMCTV.
Facebook inks deal with McAfee, Symantec, others for free antivirus. Kids raped, sodomized on Facebook pages. Investing in Facebook? ‘You don’t have clean hands’ Text smaller Text bigger (This is Part 3 of a multi-part series on child pornography on Facebook.
You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Media wishing to interview WND’s Chelsea Schilling, please contact us here.) (EXPLICIT CONTENT: This report contains graphic details of sexual abuse of children as it has appeared in numerous locations on Facebook. WND immediately reported images of child pornography and child sexual abuse to the FBI. The group is called “I.ncest Forever” – and people from around the world share their sexual fantasies and real-life sexual exploits with their own mothers, fathers, siblings and children.
Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers. Facebook Child Porn Pages: Shocking Groups Reportedly Uncovered On Social Network (UPDATE) While many people have used Facebook to do some good, a small portion of the service's 901 million diverse users has been using the social network to do the complete opposite.
A disturbing report by WND's Chelsea Schilling uncovers what she calls the "dark underbelly of Facebook," a community of members who blatantly promote and share child pornography using their personal Facebook accounts and Facebook groups. To be sure, while the content can be found on Facebook, it was posted by third-party users of the site and violates Facebook's terms of use. Through alias Facebook profiles, which were used to friend suspected pedophiles and child predators, WND found dozens of child porn pictures and identified predator communities. Schilling's report even lists the names of 19 different Facebook groups and likable pages currently or previously available to the public; among them are groups like "PTHC," or preteen hard-core pornography, and "12 to 13 Boy Sex.
" Can Facebook’s child-porn explosion be stopped? Text smaller Text bigger Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on child pornography on Facebook.
You can read Part 1 here. Media wishing to interview WND’s Chelsea Schilling can contact us here. (EXPLICIT CONTENT: This report contains graphic details of sexual abuse of children as it has appeared in numerous locations on Facebook. WND immediately reported images of child pornography and child sexual abuse to the FBI.
In a dark attic, a little girl, no older than 9, appears with a distrustful look on her face as she wears only a training bra. “So cute!” “Oh yes, that’s right,” says another. She is only one of 40 other preteen girls on a single profile who are dressed in sexy swimsuits, bras or nothing at all. Facebook Co-Founder Ditches U.S. Citizenship — & Tax Burden — Right Before IPO. Just in time for Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO), which values the company at approximately $96 billion, billionaire co-founder Eduardo Saverin had decided that he doesn’t want to be an American citizen anymore.
This will significantly reduce his tax bill. “Facebook plans to raise as much as $11.8 billion through the IPO, the biggest in history for an Internet company,” Bloomberg reports. Eduardo Saverin “Saverin’s stake is about 4 percent, according to the website Who Owns Facebook. At the high end of the IPO valuation, that would be worth about $3.84 billion,” the report adds. However, Saverin’s decision to drop his citizenship isn’t exactly groundbreaking.
According to recently published IRS documents, Saverin’s name is on a list of people who have opted to drop their citizenship as of April 30. “Renouncing citizenship is an option chosen by increasing numbers of Americans.