Social media companies should be investigated over posts in which abducted Yazidi women and girls were trafficked by IS militants, activists and lawyers say
Social media companies should be investigated over posts in which abducted Yazidi women and girls were trafficked by IS militants, activists and lawyers say. MAYA GEBEILY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports.
Yazidi women were traded on social media, say activists Report accuses Big Tech of facilitating IS trafficking Governments urged to probe platforms' content moderation By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, Feb 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wahhab Hassoo's family had to pay $80,000 to buy the release of his niece from the Islamic State (IS) militants who abducted her in 2014, and then offered her "for sale" in a WhatsApp group.