DSWD: Facebook unresponsive to take down pages engaged in baby selling

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DSWD: Facebook unresponsive to take down pages engaged in baby selling
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development reiterated its call on Facebook to take down pages in the social media platform allegedly involved in the online selling of infants under the guise of adoption.According to a statement by DSWD on Tuesday, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian singled out Facebook ’s inaction on the issue following reports made by the department’s National Authority for Child Care since 2023.

”DSWD Undersecretary Janella Ejercito Estrada said the NACC has been monitoring the illegal adoption of babies since last year and have found 20 to 40 Facebook pages where such transactions take place.Estrada said there were also Facebook pages selling unborn children.“These FB pages are private accounts with thousands of followers.

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