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Company Response

3 Oct 2024

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By Meta

Meta's response re allegations Facebook used to traffick people to Myanmar scam operations

... Meta policies across our products prohibit content or behaviors that facilitate human exploitation in its many forms…

We continue to work to remove content on Meta that we determine may facilitate or coordinate the exploitation of humans. We look to enact countermeasures – both on our platforms and via our external partnerships – to help stop actors and businesses from abusing our services…

We have teams across investigations, engineering, policy, and integrity who are dedicated to anti-trafficking efforts…

We work to raise human exploitation awareness globally, including by making our Human Exploitation Policies available in a number of languages…

We work with safety organizations worldwide, and among them, we work closely with key anti-trafficking experts…

Through the coalition, companies, nonprofits, academics, and relevant stakeholders work together in a collaborative environment to support and accelerate the impact of technology solutions combating human trafficking…

In March last year, we worked with regional NGOs to launch “search interstitials” in certain countries in APAC…

While we will continue investing significant resources and working with partners to combat this abuse, the most effective and permanent solutions require aggressive action by local authorities to address the root cause…

In 2023 Meta hosted Human Exploitation Prevention Summits in Bangkok and Dubai…

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