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After a decade of allowing illegal aliens to use Facebook to contact human smugglers (coyotes) to sneak into the U.S.A., Facebook has finally cracked down and begun banning accounts fulfilling that service.

Facebook just announced that it was ending its policy of allowing coyotes to advertise their services on Facebook and then to use the social media site to arrange to meet the illegals who want to be smuggled illegally into the U.S.A.

Drug cartels and human slave movers had been freely using Facebook to advertise their services for years.

But now that is finally starting to come to an end.

Per the Free Beacon:

Facebook’s… Thursday memo says that human smuggling and trafficking “can be related and exhibit overlap” and that both are “human exploitation.”

“The United Nations defines human smuggling as the procurement or facilitation of illegal entry into a state across international borders,” the memo states. “Without necessity for coercion or force, it may still result in the exploitation of vulnerable individuals who are trying to leave their country of origin, often in pursuit of a better life.”

Facebook faced pressure from left-wing activist groups who said allowing the solicitation of human smuggling on social media platforms was necessary to protect human rights. Although Facebook did not cite any specific organizations, the company said that “NGOs working with migrants” contributed to the decision.

Per the Facebook memo:

Human trafficking is multi-faceted and global; it can affect anyone regardless of age, socioeconomic background, ethnicity, gender or location. It takes many forms, and any given trafficking situation can involve various stages of development. By the coercive nature of this abuse, victims cannot consent.

While we need to be careful not to conflate human trafficking and smuggling, they can be related and exhibit overlap. The United Nations defines human smuggling as the procurement or facilitation of illegal entry into a state across international borders. Without necessity for coercion or force, it may still result in the exploitation of vulnerable individuals who are trying to leave their country of origin, often in pursuit of a better life. Human smuggling is a crime against a state, relying on movement, and human trafficking is a crime against a person, relying on exploitation.

Facebook has also carried these new policies over to Instagram, which it owns.

The question is, why was this allowed in the first place?

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Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, and several local Chicago News programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a "target rich environment" for political news.

 

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