In December, a New York Post column suggested that “Facebook might be outmatched against the perverts of the world.” Little has changed.
On Thursday, a video that appeared to show an adult man sexually abusing a young girl went viral on Facebook, reportedly gaining 16,000 shares and 4,000 likes. The girl in the video may have been an infant.
https://twitter.com/Biagia_S/status/315075665646985217
Why is child porn on FB? And why are people sharing it?
— The Marathon Man (@KingDeion_) March 22, 2013
It was removed from Facebook after many users reported it to the social media site. BuzzFeed collected some of the tweets from horrified Twitter users, noting that “mentions of the explicit video increased dramatically” on Thursday night.
https://twitter.com/LaSinaloaBarbie/status/314931873010839552
https://twitter.com/________Nick/status/314920520795705346
Why the hell do y'all decide to share child porn on facebook to comment on how nasty it is. Report that shit! I don't want that on my feed!
— Mamba Mentality (@BeezyTaughtYou) March 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/Glitterpiller/status/314622235090509825
Oh my god. Some sick fuck posted child porn on Facebook :((( what the fuck is wrong with this world???? Electric chair that guy, no trial
— Stetson Whitworth (@HVRecordings) March 22, 2013
This child porn on Facebook is heart breaking… I can't believe someone would do that to a little girl.
— washed king (@tyjordan93) March 22, 2013
I get on Facebook one time and I see child porn on there I'm so done with this universe man
— kenny (is dead) (@oddfuckingkenny) March 22, 2013
Yall gotta stop reposting that child porn video on Facebook smh… I cant even eat anymore. Shit is sick
— Ric. (@slickric_) March 22, 2013
Many Twitter users expressed anger at Facebook for allowing the heart-breaking and stomach-turning video to go viral.
https://twitter.com/ClairCropper/status/315060972425449473
https://twitter.com/lifesagameiplay/status/315018301996683265
https://twitter.com/Veronica__xoxo/status/314907019343720451
Seriously just saw a video of child porn on Facebook, where the fuck does this shit come from, this is why I fucking hate Facebook.
— Tracey Ouellette (@TraceyyLee__) March 22, 2013
@facebook needs to get on the fuckin job! lettin people upload child porn… that shits sad af! #FuckFacebook
— The Devils Angel™? (@LilJohnnie419) March 22, 2013
Facebook reaffirmed its “zero tolerance” policy for child pornography.
A Facebook spokesman told The Daily Mail, A Facebook spokesperson said: ‘Nothing is more important to Facebook than the safety of the people that use our site, and this material has no place on Facebook.
‘We have zero tolerance for child pornography being uploaded onto Facebook and are extremely aggressive in preventing and removing child exploitive content.
‘We are pleased that this material was reported to us quickly enabling its swift removal.’
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