Social network admits survey asking whether it should permit adults to ask 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures was a mistakeFacebook has admitted it was a “mistake” to ask users whether paedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website. On Sunday, the social network ran a survey for some users asking how they thought the company should handle grooming behaviour. Options available included “Facebook users decide the rules by voting and tell Facebook” and “Facebook decides the rules on its own”. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Facebook’s surveys asking users about grooming behaviour. “Adult men asking 14-year-olds to send sexual images is not only against the law, it is completely wrong and an appalling abuse and exploitation of children.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2018 10:00 UTC