I come from a country where child marriages are fairly common, despite being illegal — but the law isn't enforced.
The marriages aren't arranged on social media yet, but I don't see why in a few years with easier access to the internet, and with younger people arranging marriages, more of these won't be done.
I don't think Facebook is to blame for this, and I do think it's unfair that Facebook is being asked to solve a problem governments haven't been able to for decades — but they're in a better position than anyone was.
>but who's to say we know what's right?
However, I gotta disagree with you there. Some things we can all agree are wrong. It's a short list and it includes things like slavery, forced prostition, rape, murder, etc. But that list definitely includes selling children to the highest bidder.
I don’t think Facebook is to blame for the problem, but they’re also not innocent here. They facilitated the transaction. It’s little different from fencing stolen goods or being a hit man’s agent. Just because governments haven’t figured out how to eradicate theft or murder doesn’t mean you’re in the clear for helping to make it happen.
> I don't think Facebook is to blame for this, and I do think it's unfair that Facebook is being asked to solve a problem governments haven't been able to for decades — but they're in a better position than anyone was.
It really isn’t, but you have to look at it from the government’s perspective: it’s much more convenient to pin the blame on Facebook, which presumably should already have policies in place to stop things like this–of course, all the while forgetting that the same thing applies to the country and its laws itself.
The marriages aren't arranged on social media yet, but I don't see why in a few years with easier access to the internet, and with younger people arranging marriages, more of these won't be done.
I don't think Facebook is to blame for this, and I do think it's unfair that Facebook is being asked to solve a problem governments haven't been able to for decades — but they're in a better position than anyone was.
>but who's to say we know what's right?
However, I gotta disagree with you there. Some things we can all agree are wrong. It's a short list and it includes things like slavery, forced prostition, rape, murder, etc. But that list definitely includes selling children to the highest bidder.