People smugglers are using Facebook to broadcast the abuse and tortureof migrants in order to extort ransom money from their families, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) lambasted the tech giant for failing to police the platform and help crack down on traffickers. One video hosted on the site since June shows Libyan gangmasters threatening emaciated and abused migrants - mostly Somalis and Ethiopians - huddled in a concrete room. "It's an absolutely nonsensical argument that it's up to the public to notify Facebook of stuff that's happening on Facebook. "They should stop smugglers telling people there's an El Dorado waiting for them in Europe when it's a lie," he added.

Source: Ethiopian News August 25, 2017 15:11 UTC