Facebook is also an animal trafficking marketplace

• The World Wildlife Fund has been alerting Facebook to illegal animal trafficking on its platform.
• Hundreds of individuals and groups with thousands of members have been banned.
• Facebook's ease of use makes it easy for banned individuals to create new accounts and new groups.

Facebook has managed to connect people from all around the world. As the planet's largest social network, that is obviously its aim, but it's had some very serious unintended consequences. Recently, Facebook has been forced to crack down on the sale and trafficking of wild animals on its platform, and it's revealed a booming market that thus far has largely flown under the radar.

It's against Facebook's terms of service to sell animals using its services, but that hasn't stopped sellers from doing just that. The recent crackdown is based largely on wildlife obtained from Southeast Asia, where animals like wild cats, primates, and even predatory birds have found themselves willing buyers.

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