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Posted on 11/20/2018 4:21:10 PM PST by lowbridge
Facebook has come under fire for a "barbaric use of technology" that allowed the sale of a child bride to be held on its site.
An auction was held on the social media platform for a 16-year-old girl in South Sudan which sought payment for her hand in marriage.
Facebook said the post was taken down as soon as the company learned of it, but that wasn't until after the girl was married.
According to children's rights organization Plan International, the girl was bid on by five men, some of whom were reportedly high-ranking South Sudanese government officials.
Activists are concerned that this auction -- for which the father reportedly received 500 cows, three cars and $10,000 in exchange for his daughter -- could inspire other families to use social media sites to receive larger payments.
Plan International's country director in South Sudan, George Otim, said: "That a girl could be sold for marriage on the world's biggest social networking site in this day and age is beyond belief."
He added: "This barbaric use of technology is reminiscent of latter-day slave markets."
Removed from Facebook 15 days after being posted
Facebook told CNN that its platform was used for the bidding, which started on October 25, and that it removed the post on November 9 -- 15 days later.
"Any form of human trafficking -- whether posts, pages, ads or groups is not allowed on Facebook. We removed the post and permanently disabled the account belonging to the person who posted this to Facebook," a company spokesperson said in a statement.
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Has this ever happened on GAB?
I don’t think so.
So, the leftists at Facebook are now saying that all cultures are NOT equally deserving of respect?
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Cows are great; YA EAT’EM.
“Cows are great; YA EAT’EM.”
And they make MORE cows. A self reproducing source of tasty protein.
Burgers, roasts, steaks, ribs, etc FOREVER.
Do they have any cheaper ones? LOL
Just like deer...buck season opens in PA in less than a week.
Venison roasts, burger, and jerky...oh my!
Too bad she didn't have a MAGA hat on...
Mohammed Approved.
A girl I knew, way back when, was the daughter of a British diplomat. She was born in some African country and the locals were amazed by the, “white baby”.
She said that her parents were offered many cows if they would give her to the village as it was felt she would bring them luck. Multiculturalism is the bestest!
Some years ago on an FR thread I suggested mining our southern border, and a mod private mailed me with a threat to ban or suspend me if I did it again.
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