Over 300 cases of child exploitation went unnoticed by Facebook – study

A report suggests the tech giant is not fully enforcing its own standards banning content that exploits or endangers children

Facebook failed to catch hundreds of cases of child exploitation on its platform over the past six years, a study published on Wednesday found.

The site was used as a medium to sexually exploit children in at least 366 cases between January 2013 and December 2019, a report from the not-for-profit investigative group Tech Transparency Project (TPP) analyzing Department of Justice news releases found.

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