I just read in Gizmodo an article that has left me very surprised and disgusted.

Some BBC journalists were investigating secret groups of pedophiles and child pornography in Facebook. When finally one of the Facebook representatives agreed to an interview there was only one condition, Facebook asked the journalists for examples of images that they had found in their investigation.

The journalists sent some of the images that they had found in those groups to Facebook and what happened? Facebook not only canceled the interview but also reported the journalists to the police.

In a report to Gizmodo Facebook try to "clarified" his action.

“It is against the law for anyone to distribute images of child exploitation. When the BBC sent us such images we followed our industry’s standard practice and reported them to CEOP [Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre],”

“We also reported the child exploitation images that had been shared on our own platform. This matter is now in the hands of the authorities.”

The truth is that I am very glad to have moved away a lot from Facebook thanks mainly to Steemit. And seeing this kind of news, much more.

Maybe it's time to start a Facebook-gate!

Read the complete article on Gizmodo