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Facebook Survey: Should Grown Men Be Able To Ask Kids for ‘Sexual Pictures?’

No.

Published

2 years ago

Jul 25, 2018

Peter D'Abrosca

The largest social network in the world recently ran a disgusting survey which promoted pedophilia among users.

“Facebook is under fire for asking users whether pedophiles should be able to proposition underage girls for sexually explicit photographs on the giant social network,” according to USA Today.

Two of the questions stood out in the survey sent to users in the U.K.

“In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook’s policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures,” Facebook asked.

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“Another question asked who should decide whether an adult man can ask for sexual pictures on Facebook, with options ranging from ‘Facebook users decide the rules by voting and tell Facebook’ to ‘Facebook decides the rules on its own,'” according to the article.

Now, Facebook says the survey could have been “better designed.” Guy Rosen, Facebook VP of Product did some damage control on Twitter.

“We run surveys to understand how the community thinks about how we set policies. But this kind of activity is and will always be completely unacceptable on FB,” he said. “We regularly work with authorities if identified. It shouldn’t have been part of this survey. That was a mistake.”

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Facebook told USA Today that the survey referred to “offensive content that is already prohibited on Facebook and that we have no intention of allowing.”

“We have prohibited child grooming on Facebook since our earliest days,” the company said. “We have no intention of changing this, and we regularly work with the police to ensure that anyone found acting in such a way is brought to justice.”

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‘WHAT A DISASTER:’ Iowa Caucus Results Delayed in Vote Count Catastrophe

The nation is left with more questions than answers on the night of the Iowa Caucus.

Published

2 weeks ago

Feb 4, 2020

Richard Moorhead

The Iowa Caucus was intended to kick off the Democratic Presidential primary by highlighting candidates with a credible shot of winning the nomination.

Instead, the first-in-the nation caucus seems to be more representative of the Democratic Party’s incompetence, after results for the caucus are delayed for an unforeseen “quality assurance” tabulation process. The development has many election hawks and Democrats howling mad, with many suspecting the DNC is dipping into its bag of old tricks with the hopes of blunting or preventing a Bernie Sanders victory in the caucus.

There are many reports of caucus precinct coordinators being totally ignored when trying to report the results of their local caucuses to the Iowa Democratic Party. At least one caucus organizer was outright hung up on by the party when he called in to report results- while speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer live on air.

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— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) February 4, 2020

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The mass of confusion is being traced to the failure of an app designed to report results. Iowa Democrats simply explained the unusual delay as the result of “inconsistencies,” offering little to no in depth explanation for what seems to be third world election practices.

Although we’re inexplicably left without any vote tallies the night of the election, exit polls and crowd sizes suggest that polling frontrunner Sanders has a strong chance to win. Pete Buttigieg also appears set for a strong second place performance. Sanders expressed confidence in a strong performance when addressing his supporters in the state.

“When those results are announced, I have a good feeling. We're going to be doing very very well.” –@BernieSanders at his Iowa Caucus Party. pic.twitter.com/bONUvkc3Go

— Averi Harper (@AveriHarper) February 4, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden appears slated for an embarrassment, outright failing to advance to the “viable” stage in many precinct and regional caucus. It’s not entirely impossible that Biden finishes fourth in the primary, a surprise development that would leave the candidate many assumed to be an easy frontrunner for the Democratic nomination struggling as he lags to New Hampshire and later primary states.

MSNBC talking heads could be overheard referring to the caucus as a “disaster” in a some capacity in leaked audio.

NBC hot mic captures "OMG, what a disaster" as they talk about canditates pic.twitter.com/IWfZsIOHPc

— Wojciech Pawelczyk (@PolishPatriotTM) February 4, 2020

As of late Monday night, the Iowa Democratic Party is yet to report any vote results, let alone declare a winner. Big League Politics is continuing to monitor the situation.