Facebook has recently announced several new and extended initiatives intended to crack down on illicit activity on its platforms. In the middle of last week, the...
Facebook has banned the trading of alcohol and tobacco-related products between users. A new policy introduced by the company bans all private sales, trades, transfers and...
Major technology companies have said it is easier for them to identify and remove terrorist and extremist content from their platforms since forming the Global Internet...
Islamist terrorist networks are using Facebook Groups to trade looted antiquities stolen from conflict zones such as Syria, Libya and Yemen, according to a report from...
Facebook and YouTube have been heavily criticised for their response to the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand after a video of the atrocity livestreamed by alleged...
Facebook has responded to a lawsuit in which an alleged sex trafficking victim claims the social network was instrumental in her grooming and knew that its...
Hackers are selling stolen Facebook login details on dark web marketplaces for an average of just £3 ($3.90), according to new research from a UK price...
Researchers at an international wildlife trafficking monitor have discovered more than 1,500 listings for the sale of live animals on Facebook in Thailand. Traffic found a...
People smugglers are using Facebook to advertise their services to migrants looking to enter Europe as “reliable and safe”, the UK’s FBI-equivalent has warned. Speaking during...
Facebook facilitates and profits from the sale of endangered species and animal parts on its platform, according to a complaint from a US whistleblowing law firm....
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook should make greater efforts to ensure its platforms are not being exploited by people smugglers, a UN migration official has demanded. Facebook and...
Social media firms must make it more difficult for human traffickers to use their platforms to lure West African migrants to Libya, the UN International Organisation...
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