A United Nations migration official called Thursday for Facebook to police its site and its WhatsApp messaging subsidiary for use by abusive human smugglers. Leonard Doyle, director of media and communication at the UN International Organization for Migration, said that Facebook and WhatsApp have become the media of choice for people smugglers in the Middle East and Africa to advertise their services and make arrangements with migrants. Leonard noted that people searching for child pornography on social media can get warnings that what they are doing is illegal. Facebook and others need to do the same to help stem migration abuses, Doyle said. Smugglers kidnap migrants, torture them and use social media to send pictures and video to families to demand money.

Source: Punch April 05, 2018 17:37 UTC