FACEBOOK WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE THAT IT RAN A CERTAIN SURVEY
ASKING IF MEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO REQUEST SEXUAL PICTURES
FROM UNDER AGED GIRLS.
JONATHAN HAYNES IS THE STORY THE STARTS WITH.
HE IS A DIGITAL EDITOR AT THE GUARDIAN AND WAS ON
FACEBOOK AND GOT THIS POP UP.
AND HERE WAS THE QUESTION HE WAS FACED WITH.
>>THE LAST ONE IS MY FAVORITE.
GROWN MEN LOOKING AT SEXUAL PICTURES OF 14-YEAR-OLD
GIRLS, I HAVE NO PREFERENCE ON THAT TOPIC.
>> HE ASKED THIS DIGITAL EDITOR IS MAKING IT SECRET THE
BEST FACEBOOK CAN OFFER HERE?
NOT CALLING THE POLICE.
CITY LAWS FIGURE HERE AS BEING QUITE IMPORTANT ON
DETERMINING ROLES?
>>FACEBOOK DOES NOT DENY THIS WAS A SURVEY.
THEY SAY YES IT WAS, IT WAS A MISTAKE AND WE WILL PULL IT
DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE DOING IT.
I WILL TELL YOU FACEBOOK IS A PARTNER OF OURS, SO I AM
JUST KEEPING IT REAL.
YOU HOPE IT WAS SOME SORT OF THING LIKE IF YOU ANSWERED
YES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, BUT IT WAS THEN REPORTED TO
THE AUTHORITIES.
BY THE WAY I'M NOT SURE THEY SHOULD DO THAT EITHER.
BUT MY POINT BEING IS THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN ANOTHER
REASON, BUT IF THERE IS THEY SHOULD SHARE BECAUSE IT
LOOKS REALLY BAD.
>>HERE IS WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE ñ IT GOES INTO ITALICS AFTER THE : IN
THE QUESTION.
I AM ALL BUT CERTAIN THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY
QUESTIONS THEY ARE ASKED ON SURVEYS.
THEY ARE JUST COLLECTING DATA ON HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE THIS ISSUE.
AND THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT WE CAN REALLY CONCLUDE
FROM THAT DATA, BUT THEY ARE JUST GATHERING IT.
IF I AM CHOOSING WHICH DATA COLLECTION PRACTICE FACEBOOK
DOES, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE ONE FOR ME.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE CREEPY STUFF IN GOOGLE.
THAT IS THE MORE DATA ENTRY HERE, THE JOKE RESPONSE I HAD TO
IT YOU KNOW IN THIS DAY AND AGE SO MUCH IS UNCERTAIN AS TO
HOW PEOPLE FEEL.
MAYBE FACEBOOK WAS LIKE AS CHILD PORN STILL WEIRD TO PEOPLE?
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SAY IT IS BAD.
>>AND FACEBOOK MIGHT ALSO ñ THEY ARE DEALING WITH HUMANITY
HERE AS WE ALL ARE ON THE INTERNET.
WHAT I MEAN IS THE INTERNET ALLOWS FOR MORE UNVARNISHED SIDE
OF HUMANITY.
THE INTERNET ALSO ALLOWS FOR WONDERFUL THINGS TO HAPPEN.
FACEBOOK, DEALING WITH ALL THIS INCOMING MADNESS OF THE ID
OF HUMANITY, MAYBE IT IS TRYING TO SORT IT OUT.
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK IS ACCEPTABLE AND NOT.
WHAT ARE THE COLORS?
>>CHILD GROOMING ON FACEBOOK.
THEY REGULARLY WORK WITH THE POLICE TO MAKE SURE ANYONE
ACTING IN SUCH A WAY IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
>>AND IT IS ILLEGAL, RIGHT?
HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, IT WAS DEFINITELY A MISTAKE.
IF SOMEONE WERE TO HIRE SOMEONE ELSE ON FACEBOOK TO ASSASSINATE
YOUR WIFE, WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE AND HOW MUCH?
YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THAT IS CRAZY.
>>AND THEY ARE VERY LEGALISTIC.
YOU CAN SEE THE LEGAL FRAMINGS OF ALL THESE OPTIONS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT SEX TRAFFICKING LAWS THAT PROTECT
FORUMS FROM PROSECUTION AND BACKPAGE AND FACEBOOK FALLS
UNDER THIS, ALSO CRAIGSLIST WHERE IT IS THIS WEIRD ARCHAIC
VERSION OF PROTECTING FORUMS.
THEY ARE LEGLESS AND, WE ARE LIKE THE PHONE COMPANY.
YOU DON'T GET MAD AT THE PHONE COMPANY WHEN SOMEONE MAKES
A CALL TO WHAT HITMAN?
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET MAD AT FACEBOOK WHEN SOMEONE ASKED
FOR A CHILD PORN PICTURE RIGHT?
YOU'RE GOING TO GO AFTER THE PERSON WHO ASKED FOR THE
PICTURE.
THERE IS A LOT OF THAT BUILT INTO THIS THAT I CAN SEE
FROM THE DIFFERENT WAYS IT IS PUT.
THAT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE FAKE NEWS EPIDEMIC WHEN FACEBOOK
IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
AND HOW MUCH OF THEIR AGAINST WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING.
AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE THINGS THAT END UP LIKE
THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A TECHNOLOGICAL
SOLUTION TO SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE OUT.