However viewing or sharing
child exploitation images is illegal in the UK.
However, when presented with the images, Facebook cancelled the interview, and told the BBC that it had been reported to the National Crime Agency for illegally distributing
child exploitation images (the NCA could not confirm whether the BBC was actually being investigated).
We also reported
the child exploitation images that had been shared on our own platform.
We also reported
the child exploitation images that had been shared on our own platform.
Not exact matches
Under the Protection of
Children Act, it is illegal in the UK to download or distribute
images of
child exploitation — something the BBC should have been well aware of.
«Nudity or other sexually suggestive content» it states are not allowed on the platform, and following an ordeal with BBC reporters it issued the statement: «It is against the law for anyone to distribute
images of
child exploitation.»
It quoted Simon Milner, a policy director for Facebook in Britain, who said: «It is against the law for anyone to distribute
images of
child exploitation.
Keeping your messages private is the priority for us, we protect the community with automated systems that detect things like known
images of
child exploitation and malware.
UPDATE: A Facebook Messenger spokesperson reached out to Ad Age with this additional statement: «Keeping your messages private is the priority for us; we protect the community with automated systems that detect things like known
images of
child exploitation and malware.
«Adult men asking 14 - year - olds to send sexual
images is not only against the law, [but] it is completely wrong and an appalling abuse and
exploitation of
children,» Cooper told The Times.
«We protect the community with automated systems that detect things like known
images of
child exploitation and malware.
«Keeping your messages private is the priority for us, we protect the community with automated systems that detect things like known
images of
child exploitation and malware,» a Facebook spokesperson told us.
If you suspect the
image has been shared with an adult, contact the
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), who are the national policing lead for online child sexual exploita
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), who are the national policing lead for online
child sexual exploita
child sexual
exploitation.