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Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

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Re: Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

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> They contacted Facebook, which at the time dominated the social media landscape, asking for help scouring uploaded family photos - to see if Lucy was in any of them. But Facebook, despite having facial recognition technology, said it "did not have the tools" to help.

Willing to bet my life savings that they are able to do exactly this when the goal is to create shadow profiles or maximize some metric.

Re: Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

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Related: A researcher for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, warned executives at the tech giant that there may be upward of 500,000 cases of sexual exploitation of minors per day on the social media platforms.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/meta-researcher-warned...

Who needs the dark web when Meta exists and is protected by the US government?

Edit: downvotes? Lol

Re: Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

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> They contacted Facebook, which at the time dominated the social media landscape, asking for help scouring uploaded family photos - to see if Lucy was in any of them. But Facebook, despite having facial recognition technology, said it "did not have the tools" to help. Willing to bet my life savings that they are able to do exactly this when the goal is to create shadow profiles or maximize some metric.

> From that list of 40 or 50 people, it was easy to find and trawl their social media. And that is when they found a photo of Lucy on Facebook with an adult who looked as though she was close to the girl - possibly a relative.

It sounds like Facebook was a huge boost to the investigation despite that.

Re: Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

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Related: A researcher for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, warned executives at the tech giant that there may be upward of 500,000 cases of sexual exploitation of minors per day on the social media platforms. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/meta-researcher-warned... Who needs the dark web when Meta exists and is protected by the US government? Edit: downvotes? Lol

TBF these easily could be cases of Meta protecting the US government rather than vice versa.

Re: Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

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Have you ever dealt with a pedophile? I ask that incidentally, neutrally, in the sense of, have you ever dealt with a flat tire or mold in the attic.

No, but note that my comment didn't mention pedophiles. Someone being a convicted sex offender should already be a big enough red flag that any parent with a working brain shouldn't ever let that person anywhere near their kids.
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