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DonViejo

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4. Have the fathers been marketing their daughters on FB for "countless millenia"? Good breaking
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 03:30 PM
Apr 2019

news that FB is being used this way.

Sounds a lot like the trump "modelling" agency nt DirtEdonE Apr 2019 #1
Do the girls have ANY recourse? leftynyc Apr 2019 #2
Folks, child marriage is nothing new or just restricted to one Nigerian clan. Its been going on for progree Apr 2019 #3
Have the fathers been marketing their daughters on FB for "countless millenia"? Good breaking DonViejo Apr 2019 #4
Nope, that's not news either. Try "child marriages facebook" progree Apr 2019 #6
It's news when it breaks into the public-at-large...I'm guessing not many people spend their time DonViejo Apr 2019 #8
Example: Facebook criticised for post promoting child bride auction, November 21, 2018 progree Apr 2019 #9
Any idea how long that post remained on facebook even after they became aware of it? Sapient Donkey Apr 2019 #18
Several days, according to the Guardian article in #9 progree Apr 2019 #19
The article says it was up for several days Sapient Donkey Apr 2019 #20
That's good to know. And glad to read FB also banned the user that posted it progree Apr 2019 #21
I didn't say ads for child brides were appearing on my FB page. Nice strawman attack though and progree Apr 2019 #10
Attack? Oh, please... DonViejo Apr 2019 #11
That's quite a stretch there. Another debating trick being called out. That information about progree Apr 2019 #13
Yeah, yeah, yeah, trying to conduct a discussion with you is an attack, using a "debating trick"... DonViejo Apr 2019 #14
Lots of debating tricks. Not just one. Best wishes to you too. progree Apr 2019 #15
The "ads" I see of a dubious nature are spam postings made on Facebook groups I belong to progree Apr 2019 #12
In the article, typically the father has a personal FB page and posts pictures of his daughters progree Apr 2019 #17
Can Fakebook stop this? BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #5
Should Facebook stop this? JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2019 #7
Difficult task for social media sites to combat this Sapient Donkey Apr 2019 #16
How about we stop Child Marriage in the US GulfCoast66 Apr 2019 #22
Didn't know was this bad: Bangladesh - nearly a third of girls being married before the age of 15 progree Apr 2019 #23
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #24
Big clash Aussie105 Apr 2019 #25
That shit needs to stop Demovictory9 Apr 2019 #26
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