{"id":768485,"date":"2021-09-16T18:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=768485"},"modified":"2021-09-16T18:44:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:44:32","slug":"report-facebook-employees-warned-platform-being-used-to-carry-out-criminal-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-facebook-employees-warned-platform-being-used-to-carry-out-criminal-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Facebook employees warned platform being used to carry out criminal activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Freport-facebook-employees-warned-platform-being-used-to-carry-out-criminal-activity%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=768485&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 id=\"attachment_2522396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2522396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 MARCH 25: In this photo illustration the Social networking site Facebook is displayed on a laptop screen on March 25, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:30 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, September 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Employees at Facebook have repeatedly voiced their concerns that criminals are using the platform to carry out illegal activities. That\u2019s according to the Wall Street Journal, who released an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-drug-cartels-human-traffickers-response-is-weak-documents-11631812953\">explosive report<\/a> on Thursday revealing Facebook privately built a system which allowed high-profile users to break its own rules.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has claimed it\u2019s taken down offending posts when reported, but the report showed it hasn\u2019t fixed the system, allowing criminals to repeat the behavior. A former Facebook vice president, Brian Boland, mentioned, \u201cthere is very rarely a significant, concerted effort to invest in fixing those areas.\u201d The activities raising concern include human trafficking in the Middle East and drug cartels recruiting and training hit men.<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2019s findings follow a similar pattern as Facebook has been flagged for this type of behavior before. The Big Tech giant previously took heat amid reports human smugglers used the platform to offer services along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wall Street Journal review of internal documents reveal the Facebook rules don\u2019t apply to all. They maintain a \u2018whitelist\u2019 of high-profile users that are exempt from some or all of its rules. It shields millions of VIP users from enforcement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D7GSopfdKN\">pic.twitter.com\/D7GSopfdKN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1437471141698818051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Google Executive Joe Toscano criticized Big Tech following the report, accusing social media platforms of putting profits ahead of people. Toscano said Facebook identifies high-profile accounts which drive the most people to its platform and then gives those users a pass on its rules.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has claimed the system is no secret, but admits it\u2019s imperfect. The Wall Street Journal also revealed Facebook recognized its photo-sharing app Instagram is toxic for young girls.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/durham-probe-files-charges-against-dem-connected-lawyer\/\">Durham Probe Files Charges Against Dem-Connected Lawyer<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 MARCH 25: In this photo illustration the Social networking site Facebook is displayed on a laptop screen on March 25, 2009 in London, England. 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