The Internet -- and especially social media platforms -- revolutionized the way people communicate, share knowledge and ideas, and distribute information. And while this global connectivity has often been a force for good, tech platforms have also enabled extremist groups to propagandize, radicalize, recruit new members, broadcast attacks and even fundraise on an unprecedented scale.
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With people in pandemic lockdown around the globe, and the world reeling from a mass extinction crisis, it might surprise you to learn that the world’s biggest markets for illegal wildlife products and exotic pets are located on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and China’s WeChat.
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Social media platforms, in particular Facebook, have facilitated the explosive growth of the illegal antiquities trade. A global network of traders, traffickers, and even terrorist groups use platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to buy and sell looted antiquities.
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In 2018, ACCO expert Eileen Carey confronted two employees at Facebook Inc. about the quantity of illegal drugs posts on Facebook and Instagram.
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There is a thriving online trade in human skeletal remains of actual or alleged archaeological, ethnographic, historic or recent anatomical origin.
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