Rhino horn pendants, carved Helmeted hornbill, raw ivory & tigers teeth openly sold on @Facebook
Trader "NT" has posted rhino horn pendants for sale at least three times since November 2020, and has an unusual level of access to critically endangered wildlife.
Teens call out tech CEOs in a full-page ad in the @latimes demanding they design products with their safety and well-being in mind.⬇️
designitforus.org#CAKidsCode
Jamaat Ansarullah fighters, or the “Tajik Taliban", operating along the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border in the province of Badakhshan. Video was published by Jamaat Ansarullah commander Mahdi Arsalon.
Wildlife trafficker arrested in Goma DRC, with more than 50 animals incl. crowned cranes, marabou storks & colobus monkeys destined for foreign markets. The case was linked to the recent arrest of a parrot trafficker in Uganda. Congrats to all @ParrotTrust@Amini16@ifawglobal
[South Africa] Three rhino poachers, Isaac Zitha, Oscar Ndlovu and Richard Mkhombo, were sentenced to a combined 63 years in prison on 12 charges related to Kruger National Park incidents from 2017 and 2018. For more details on the case, go to #WildEye ➡️ bit.ly/3NG4x7a
Wow get this...@Yelp created 'Yelp Elite,' and guess what elite reviewers have been doing with their "trusted" status? Selling fake reviews to the highest bidder in order to dupe customers. @CounteringCrime's Fake Review Watch is onto them. Read more:
vice.com/en/article/qjbqvd/b…
WATCH: Rubble and ashes are almost all that remain of the houses people had built in the village of Bin in central Myanmar, one of more than 100 villages partially or completely burned by Myanmar's military since the start of this year reut.rs/3M76WGT
Avaaz's research shows that Facebook is a giant online marketplace for wildlife trafficking - tigers, pangolins, parrots... everything is for sale on Facebook! They must #StopTheBloodyTrade now. Read more here: avaaz.org/WildlifeTraffickin…
Wildlife trader using @Facebook and @WhatsApp to coordinate international trade of @CITES species
Trader HS has advertised a whole host of live animals through @Meta platforms, including African spurred tortoises, cobras, uromastyx, scorpions and terrified looking Fennec foxes.
The list of women leaders killed in Somalia is long. The latest is Amina Mohamed Abdi, an outspoken member of parliament who dared challenge the elite. Her death may be linked to the biggest political scandal in the country, writes @HussienM12thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/…
Unskilled taxidermist JL has used @Facebook to advertise his shoddy work on big cats since 2014
Based in Mexico City, he has advertised taxidermied tigers, lions, jaguars, pumas and bears. He has also promoted photos of skins from zebras, white tigers, polar bears and more.
Wildlife trader DC uses @Facebook to advertise edible birds' nest for sale
Based in Balikpapan, Indonesia, DC has been sharing images of the building where he breeds swiftlets and harvests their nests. The nests are sold for consumption in soup.
Meta’s spokesperson Andy Stone’s comment shows just how little they care about being caught red handed doing nefarious shit. Next level arrogance, coming from a company that continues to get away with pretty much anything. No accountability breeds this type of brazenness.
From WaPo (@TaylorLorenz@drewharwell): Facebook paid GOP firm Targeted Victory to malign TikTok.
Campaign includes placing op-eds/letters to the editor in major regional outlets, promoting dubious stories about TikTok trends that originated on FB
washingtonpost.com/technolog…