Facebook has become a 'thriving marketplace' for illegal online wildlife trading, allowing the sale of many critically endangered species, a report by the U.S.-based campaign group Avaaz said on Wednesday.
3D-printed images of the logos of Facebook and parent company Meta Platforms are seen on a laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado RuvicSHANGHAI, April 13 - Facebook has become a "thriving marketplace" for illegal online wildlife trading, allowing the sale of many critically endangered species, a report by the U.S.-based campaign group Avaaz said on Wednesday.
"Avaaz's research shows that, on Facebook, wildlife trafficking takes place in broad daylight," said Ruth Delbaere, senior legal campaigner with Avaaz."By insufficiently enforcing its own policies, Facebook is enabling an international trade that has devastating effects on biodiversity and the stability of natural ecosystems," Delbaere added.
"The results don't reflect the extensive work we've done to combat wildlife trafficking on Facebook," the spokesperson said, adding that the company has introduced technology to find and remove such content, and to warn users who search for it.
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