Is FB protecting pedophiles/predators?

[jasstnhawk]

Yesterday 3 February 2013 I received a FB notice from a FB friend with a link to a FB page with the name “Sexy Kids”. My friend posted the link along with a request to “report” this page because the page had pictures of children posing in “sexy” clothing along with children kissing one another, and various other questionable photos and postings. I took a brief look at the page and then hastily proceeded to “file a report” with FB with the request that FB notify me via email after they looked into the page in question. The following is the email I received this morning concerning my "report":

Follow-up about your recent report to Facebook

Hi,

Thanks for your recent report of a potential violation on Facebook. After reviewing your report, we were not able to confirm that the specific page you reported violates Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

Learn more about what we do and don't allow by reviewing the Facebook Community Standards: _https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards.

Thanks,
Viki

Give us feedback to let us know how we are doing: _https://www.facebook.com/survey/take.php?survey_id=242477152482072&cid=134259316740540

Also, a strange thing happened last night after reporting the page to FB and before I received the email posted above. Many of us were having a discussion under the initial comment posted by my FB friend concerning the FB page in question and then the discussion disappeared along with any trace of my activity connected with the FB page in question in my “Activity Log”.

This morning I came across another discussion on Lisa G’s FB page about the aforementioned email and I commented with the following:

I too received the same vague "we were not able to confirm" message from Viki this morning. I also noticed, late last night, that the original post by [redacted] which prompted me to report this page went missing. So now I ask myself: "Self, did FB delete the pedophile/predator page in question and all associated posts giving rise to their "inability" to "confirm" said page and also the vague email? I'm bewildered (but not surprised) by this whole "situation". Shady stuff, FB ... real shady.

The discussion thread can be read in full here: _https://www.facebook.com/lisa.guliani/posts/10151290995967799?comment_id=210338238&notif_t=comment_mention

The discussion within the thread above has given rise to quite a few unanswered questions, hence the reason for this post ... to perhaps take a deeper look into 'just what is going on here' under the objective guidance of the elders here within the forum.

I regret to say that I did not capture any screen shots of the FB page in question or any of the now deleted conversations related to it. In my haste and disgust (by what little I saw on the "Sexy Kids" FB page), I neglected think in an objective manner.

 

[Lisa Guliani]

Taking a look at the website associated with this Fb page> http://www.facebook.com/StopPedophilia/info, which is called #OpInnocence, http://www.opinnocence.com/about/, here is their "About" info:

About

Anonymous collectively contains every belief, creed, cultural status, sexuality, fetish, hobby, job, likes, dislikes, (insert any quality), etc.;)

They have collectively experienced every act of violence and kindness. They know every language, probably even the dead ones.

They know everything that can be known, and can perpetrate any act a person can.

#OpInnocence was initially formed with the following objectives in mind:

Develop an intimate knowledge of the workings of social media websites (such as Reddit, Tumblr, and Instagram)
Familiarize ourselves with the correct procedure to report inappropriate content on social media websites.
Develop a system for digging into the sites to find what we are looking for (methodical, efficient and fast)
Come up with a system for archiving evidence we find, taking into account what we know could happen if we share the actuall pictures with each other. (detailed descriptions, times, dates, possible age and gender of the children in question, etc)
Pick someone equipped to be a liason between us, Law Enforcement Agencies and the media and help said person or people to come up with a rehearsed system to deal with such. [Note: Liason Person must have clean Criminal Record/History]
Provide aid, support and cyber shelter to victims of Child sex Abuse by providing links, informations and a safespace to meet.

Social Media Website Project Name Status
Facebook Operation Innocence Active
Twitter Operation Purity Hold
Instagram Operation Sanctity Planning
Reddit Operation Benevolence Planning
Tumblr Operation Reverence Planning

...

I'm unclear as to whether this site is an 'Anonymous' spin-off site or whether they're just fans of anonymous that have formed some kind of watch group. I'm a little leery of child pedophile 'watch groups', because they could just as easily be a 'fake' watch group that cloaks pedophile activity. Needs more checking into.
This one is linked to the Fb page http://www.facebook.com/StopPedophilia/info, and at least some of the people associated with that Fb page also reported the "Sexy Kids" Fb page, as I and several other forum and Fb members did yesterday. At least one person on this "Stop Pedophilia" page received the same Fb follow-up report message that I and several others also received. If pages that advertise and encourage pedophiles/predatory behavior toward and involving children don't 'meet the criteria for 'violating' FB's standards, then I shudder to think of what DOES.

 

[Guardian]

Please keep in mind that many of these groups could be sting operations set-up by law enforcement, or activists reporting directly to law enforcement under very stringent guidelines. It's VERY difficult to tell without a great deal of research.

 

[Seraphina]

Please keep in mind that many of these groups could be sting operations set-up by law enforcement, or activists reporting directly to law enforcement under very stringent guidelines. It's VERY difficult to tell without a great deal of research.

I've entertained this idea, also. It is my hope that this is the reason for their blatant disregard to the obvious and the editing out of posts calling for reporting of the page.