Articles for tag: china, crime, , instagram, meta

Jyotish Pandey

Technology

Meta Finally Breaks Its Silence on Pig Butchering

Since roughly 2020, when the earliest pig butchering scams started to emerge, more than 200,000 people have been trafficked and held in compounds—most in Myanmar, Cambodia, or Laos—where they are forced to play the role of an online scammer. If they refuse, the criminals who own the scam compounds, which are typically connected to Chinese ...

Jyotish Pandey

Technology

‘Cow Vigilantes’ in India Are Attacking Muslims and Posting It on Instagram

According to Meta’s policies, it does not allow “content that glorifies, supports, or represents events that Meta designates as violating violent events,” including “hate events” and “hate crimes.” Meta spokesperson Erin Logan told WIRED that Meta has “strict policies against violent or graphic content on our platforms, and we enforce these rules impartially. We will ...