Article 2F2MJ Facebook to face MPs over failure to remove problem images

Facebook to face MPs over failure to remove problem images

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Mark Sweney and Jasper Jackson
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Scrutiny follows BBC investigation that found site took down only 18 out of 100 posts reported for sexualised pictures of children

Facebook will be questioned by a powerful group of MPs over its failure to remove sexualised images of children following a BBC investigation that found posts reported under its own guidelines were not being taken down.

The BBC investigation revealed that of the 100 images and posts it flagged using Facebook's tools, just 18 were deemed by moderators to breach Facebook's guidelines, which explicitly bar sexualised images of children.

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