THREAD: Today Facebook’s PR team announces the efforts it’s making in content in Facebook groups.

This would be big if it wasn’t coming *years* after Facebook was warned about the harmful content in groups— it’s only happening now bec groups are making media waves https://twitter.com/fbnewsroom/status/1306609107068166150">https://twitter.com/fbnewsroo...

In ATHAR Project& #39;s 2019 report, we highlighted the fact that Facebook groups were ground-zero for antiquities trafficking in the Middle East.

It took a year for the platform to add a policy on antiquities. But the problem is MUCH bigger than that

http://atharproject.org/report2019/ ">https://atharproject.org/report201...

But it& #39;s not just antiquities— @CounteringCrime researchers have found that Facebook groups are used for all manner of trafficking from wildlife to drugs to human remains

There is no black market that doesn& #39;t exist in Facebook groups.

https://www.counteringcrime.org"> https://www.counteringcrime.org 

Facebook has failed to act when faced with rampant crime. It has left its users, the public, & its investors at risk

That’s why we joined @_CINTOC @CounteringCrime to file a SEC whistleblower case on the ongoing harm caused by crime in Facebook groups
https://www.counteringcrime.org/press-release ">https://www.counteringcrime.org/press-rel...