{"id":430284,"date":"2021-04-16T13:05:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T17:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=430284"},"modified":"2021-04-16T13:05:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T17:05:14","slug":"smugglers-advertising-illegal-entry-services-on-facebook-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smugglers-advertising-illegal-entry-services-on-facebook-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Smugglers Advertising Illegal Entry Services On Facebook: REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmugglers-advertising-illegal-entry-services-on-facebook-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=430284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Human smugglers advertised illegal border crossing services to migrants looking to enter the U.S. on Facebook, the Tech Transparency Project reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s algorithm has recommended pages linked to human smugglers despite community guidelines prohibiting human trafficking and actions that exploit individuals, a Tech Transparency Project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtransparencyproject.org\/articles\/facebook-teems-human-smugglers-luring-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation<\/a> found.<\/p>\n<p>The social networking website says it does not allow for human trafficking or smuggling content to be posted on the site since it often results in exploitation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/communitystandards\/human_exploitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Facebook\u2019s community guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we need to be careful not to conflate human trafficking and smuggling, the two can be related and exhibit overlap,\u201d Facebook\u2019s community guidelines say. \u201cHuman smuggling is a crime against a state, relying on movement, and human trafficking is a crime against a person, relying on exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5652173913043\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Facebook spokesperson told CNN: \u201cWe prohibit content that either offers or assists with human smuggling. We have removed this content and will continue to do so. We will review this report once we see it and take action against anything that violates our policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priscilla Alvarez (@priscialva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/priscialva\/status\/1383025221721067526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At least 50 Facebook pages offering migrants illegal passage to the U.S. were discovered when searching \u201cviajar a estados Unidos\u201d (\u201ctravel to the United States\u201d) and \u201ccruzando a estados Unidos\u201d (\u201ccross to the United States\u201d), according to the Tech Transparency Project.<\/p>\n<p>Over half of the pages were made since last fall and around a dozen more were made in the last month and have operated without intervention from Facebook, the Tech Transparency Project found. The investigation found Facebook\u2019s algorithm even suggested other pages related to offering illegal crossing services to users.<\/p>\n<p>A private Facebook group reportedly located in Las Vegas, Nevada, gained 484 members in nearly two weeks after it was created on March 24, according to the Tech Transparency Project. A group administrator advertised smuggling services on his profile and required users to message him by turning off the post comment functions.<\/p>\n<p>Human smugglers advertising on Facebook told Central American migrants it would be easy for them to illegally cross into the U.S. with their help, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/human-smugglers-use-facebook-connect-migrants-spread-false-hope-reaching-n1262984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/john-katko-biden-border-policies-migrants-coyotes-trafficking-the-big-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smugglers<\/a> are spreading misinformation about the Biden administration welcoming migrants to the U.S. through pages like \u201cMigrants from Various Countries in Mexico\u201d and \u201cMigrants in the Mexico-U.S.A. Border Awaiting Hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravel to Mexico to the United States. Costs $8,000. 100 percent safe,\u201d a post on a public Facebook page said, NBC News reported. \u201cCross through Matamoros. You walk one hour, after in automobile until you arrive to your relative.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/17\/biden-inhumane-border-crisis-republican-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Needs To Acknowledge His \u2018Inhumane Border Crisis,\u2019 Republicans Say)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smugglers leading a group of migrants to the U.S. left a 10-year-old boy alone in a field, the Daily Caller News Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/07\/customs-and-border-protection-rio-grande-valley-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official found the boy crying and walking along a rural road, the boy told the officer he feared being kidnapped and was transferred to a processing facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScenes like these are all too common, as smugglers continue to abandon children in desolate areas, with zero regard for their well-being,\u201d a CBP spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>CBP officials <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/18\/illegal-immigrants-unaccompanied-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encountered<\/a> over 172,000 migrants including nearly 19,000 unaccompanied minors in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the agency. Law enforcement officials are on track to apprehend more migrants in 2021 than in the last 20 years, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2021\/03\/16\/statement-homeland-security-secretary-alejandro-n-mayorkas-regarding-situation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human smugglers advertised illegal border crossing services to migrants looking to enter the U.S. on Facebook, the Tech Transparency Project reported Friday.Facebook\u2019s algorithm has recommended pages linked to human smugglers &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276101,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}