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posted by janrinok on Thursday March 08 2018, @04:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-we-meant-to-say-was-... dept.

Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?

Facebook 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. "There are a wide range of topics and behaviours that appear on Facebook," one question began. "In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook's policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures."

The options available to respondents ranged from "this content should not be allowed on Facebook, and no one should be able to see it" to "this content should be allowed on Facebook, and I would not mind seeing it".

A second question asked who should decide the rules around whether or not the adult man should be allowed to ask for such pictures on Facebook. Options available included "Facebook users decide the rules by voting and tell Facebook" and "Facebook decides the rules on its own".

Also at The Verge, TechCrunch, The Mercury News, CNBC, and Engadget.


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Thursday March 08 2018, @06:39AM (8 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday March 08 2018, @06:39AM (#649367) Journal

    I think the Buzzard doth protest too much. Is there anything we should be aware of, TMB?

    And what is with the sudden rash of pedophilia stories? Are we trying to attract the alt-right or MickeUSSR? Or, seriously, is there something we should know?

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday March 08 2018, @11:44AM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday March 08 2018, @11:44AM (#649446) Homepage Journal

    Naw, I wasn't even a pedophile back when I was underage myself. I acquired a taste for women in their thirties around the same time I got my learner's permit. They've worn the biggest parts of the stupid off by then, gained much in the way of interesting experience, and started their own sexual peak.

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday March 08 2018, @05:38PM (1 child)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 08 2018, @05:38PM (#649577) Journal

      I acquired a taste for women in their thirties around the same time I got my learner's permit.

      Wow, I am out of touch. I didn't realize a learner's permit was required for chasing women.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @11:02PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @11:02PM (#649755)

      TMB! WTF! TMI! LOL!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @06:57PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @06:57PM (#649619)

    Your preoccupation with the Buzzard is unbecoming of a Greek. You DO realize that he is an adult? Run along, and find yourself a plump little boy to diddle.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by aristarchus on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:31PM (2 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:31PM (#649645) Journal

      Run along,

      Shirley you mean "Runaway", do you not?

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:33PM (1 child)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:33PM (#649697) Journal

        He said "plump little boy," not "waddling manchild with a persecution complex bigger than his beer gut."

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @11:04PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @11:04PM (#649757)

          I've got as beer gut you insensitive clod... Hot grits etc.