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Facebook Reports BBC To Police Following Publication's 'Sexualized Images' Investigation (bbc.com)
"Grave doubts" have emerged about the effectiveness of Facebook's moderation system after an investigation by the BBC last year revealed the social network was failing to remove sexualised images of children even after they were reported. Damian Collins, chair of the culture, media and sport committee, made the comments as he criticised Facebook's handling of the images, dozens of which were reported to the company by the BBC and fewer than 20% were removed. After the BBC sent evidence of the photos to Facebook, the social media company reported the BBC to the police for distributing the images, which had been shared on private Facebook groups intended for paedophiles. From a report on BBC: When provided with examples of the images, Facebook reported the BBC journalists involved to the police and cancelled plans for an interview. It subsequently issued a statement: "It is against the law for anyone to distribute images of child exploitation." Mr Collins said it was extraordinary that the BBC had been reported to the authorities when it was trying to "help clean up the network." [...] Information the BBC provided to the police led to one man being sent to prison for four years.
Golly, how did you know I was looking for advice from a guy who posts "drinking games" alongside his online resume?
Hmm... Anyone can send documents to Wikileaks. You're bitching because of the fallout? Where were you when Manning released military documents to Wikileaks? Where were you when the TPP drafts were published to Wikileaks? Where were you when Sarah Palin's yahoo account was dumped to Wikileaks?
Ah, those were "good" leaks. I see. Thanks for clarifying that.
So Wikileaks only had credibility when they were making the other side look bad?