Facebook. The social network is very controversial because of the security problems it has always had, but also because it does not really respect the privacy of its users' data. Unfortunately, Facebook has other, much more serious problems in certain countries, more precisely in South Sudan a young woman of only 17 was sold by auction by her parents to any man willing to take her as his wife, and from what it seems , there were also those who wished, unfortunately.
Facebook. The young woman, only 17 years old, was bought by a businessman just a few days after the auction announcement was published online, in South Sudan things like this are normal, for the rest of the world, not so much. Facebook deleted the post regarding the girl's auction no less than 2 weeks after it was published, and long after the young woman was actually sold to the businessman, so the interest in the problem was equal to zero.
Facebook. Young woman SOLD on the Social Network
Facebook. Although in South Sudan it is illegal to sell children for marriage, many people still do it, because we are talking about a tradition of the locals, who no longer care about what the law says. Basically, we are talking about human trafficking, something that Facebook says it does not support and tries to stop, but the actions taken by the company do not really confirm the fact that it is interested in stopping practices of this kind in this country, or others.
Last month, men in South Sudan engaged in a bidding war over a 17-year-old girl after they saw a post on Facebook advertising her for marriage. Just a few days after the post circulated online, she was bought by a wealthy businessman to be his wife, according to Reuters. So anyone who was on Facebook in South Sudan was well-aware of this situation far before the rest of the world.
Facebook. The social network is also used for prostitution, the sale of weapons, drugs, and almost any kind of other illegality you can imagine, so some people are no longer surprised by the sale of people. Of course, none of these things are normal, it would be normal for Facebook to be much more proactive in blocking posts of this kind, but unfortunately those there are more concerned with exploiting users than protecting them effectively.