Facebook has known it has a human trafficking problem for years. It still hasn’t fully fixed it
Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related to what it calls domestic servitude: “a form of trafficking of people for the purpose of working inside private homes through the use of force, fraud, coercion or deception,” according to internal Facebook documents reviewed by CNN.
NBC News: When One Pill Can Kill
Eight parents mourn children poisoned by deadly pills bought on Snapchat.
Fake patient reviews are making it increasingly hard to seek medical help on Google, Yelp and other directory sites
From rehab centers to family doctors, patients trying to find good medical care are increasingly finding fake consumer reviews — and there are no signs of an imminent crackdown.
Online romance scammers stole more hearts (and money) in 2020 than 2019
During a pandemic that has caused a loneliness epidemic, people lost more than $300 million to romance scams.
Want to Buy Some Stolen Antiquities? Try Facebook
Slate.com: Facebook is the wellspring of the modern illicit antiquities trade, where traffickers thrive because of the platform’s laissez-faire regulation.
Facebook is deleting evidence of war crimes, researchers say
Verge: A ban on selling stolen artifacts is having unintended consequences
Facebook’s Looted-Artifact Problem
Atlantic: The Islamic State turned the social platform into a global marketplace for stolen relics—until a group of vigilante archaeologists took matters into their own hands.
Whistleblowers say Facebook has not warned investors about illegal activity, in new SEC complaint
The complaint, which was obtained by The Washington Post, includes dozens of pages of screenshots of opioids and other drugs for sale on Facebook and its photo-sharing site Instagram.
Extremists, criminal groups using Facebook to sell ancient Middle East artifacts
CBS: Ancient relics, antiquities and treasures from the Middle East are being looted and trafficked on Facebook, according to a new report by the ATHAR Project
On social media, cancel drug cartels: Make Facebook and Twitter purge content from violent criminal organizations
President Trump has called for an all-out assault on violent Mexican drug cartels and the brutal MS-13 street gang.
Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought
Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network and the United States military appear helpless to stop.
Retired Army colonel says his likeness has been stolen thousands of times and used to lure women into giving away money
Bryan Denny is the victim of a bizarre case of identity theft.
The human bone trade is legal—and booming on Instagram
PopSci: In Skeleton Keys, Brian Switek investigates the calcium that keeps us together.
‘We’re Going to Find You.’ Mexican Cartels Turn Social Media Into Tools for Extortion, Threats, and Violence
This music video, viewed more than 2.5 million times on YouTube, celebrates convicted cartel kingpin Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán. Image by Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun. Mexico, 2019.
Houston woman sues Facebook, says website aided in her being sex trafficked as a child
Facebook is being sued by a Houston woman who says the social media giant’s “morally bankrupt corporate culture” left her prey to a predatory pimp who drew her into sex trafficking as a child.
Facebook is being sued by a Houston woman who says the social media giant’s “morally bankrupt corporate culture” left her prey to a predatory pimp who drew her into sex trafficking as a child.
Social Media's Stepped-Up Crackdown on Terrorists Still Falls Short
YouTube, Facebook and other sites are working together to find and delete extremist propaganda and recruiting videos, but a new study says they can do better
There’s a new tool to take down terrorism images online. But social-media companies are wary of it
President Obama suggested that extremist information spread online inspired a Florida man to commit the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at a gay nightclub in Orlando.