Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?

Social network ran survey asking whether ‘an adult man asking a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures’ should be permitted

Facebook has admitted it was a “mistake” to ask users whether paedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website.

On Sunday, the social network ran a survey for some users asking how they thought the company should handle grooming behaviour. “There are a wide range of topics and behaviours that appear on Facebook,” one question began. “In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook’s policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures.”

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2FqDopm