Why Is Chicken Soup Flagged on Facebook? Here's What We Know

Why Is Chicken Soup Flagged on Facebook? Here's What We Know

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If you're looking for recipes, or a community that's obsessed with this bountiful broth, don't search for "chicken soup" on Facebook. Upon doing so, the social media website immediately flags this action for a pretty alarming, not to mention very illegal, reason.

A notification immediately pops up that reads, "We think your search might be associated with child sexual abuse." It goes on to say, "Child sexual abuse, or viewing sexual images or videos of children, can lead to imprisonment and other severe personal consequences. Child sexual exploitation causes extreme harm to children."

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Facebook then points out that sharing this kind of exploitive material does further harm to the victims. The message also mentions the existence of organizations that can help anyone "having sexual thoughts about children," but doesn't specifically name any. It ends by urging people to report this kind of activity to law enforcement and for anyone who has experienced child abuse, "please consider reaching out to a helpline, friend or trusted adult for support." But, which helpline?

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