STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Borough President James Molinaro is taking on Facebook.
The beep is calling for a boycott of the popular social media site after it ignored calls to remove a controversial page titled “Pedophiles are People Too.”
The page, launched Aug. 14 and branded as “Controversial Humour” by Facebook, makes light of the rape of children.
Its cover photo shows a young girl walking down an alley, followed by a man in a trench coat.
http://liarcatchers.com/pedophile_tracking.html
“Every human being, regardless of race, religion, or political leanings, should be outraged at what passes for ‘social networking’ these days,” said Molinaro in a press release. “A pedophile page on Facebook that discusses sex with nine-year-olds and stuffing children in cardboard boxes is to be excused as ‘controversial humor’? I’m not laughing and I don’t think Facebook will be either after its users, shareholders and advertisers boycott the site.”
Some feel the page is a breeding ground for child molesters.
But in one post, its administrators claim “making the subject open conversation is doing more than not talking about it at all.”
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Among some of the comments that appear:
“My girlfriend’s 15 ; ) she’s awesome.”
“Why’d the pedo cross the road? There was a school on the other side.”
And “My other ride is a 9 year old.”
In a statement to the New York Post, Facebook explained “pages or groups devoted to jokes, even disgusting and distasteful ones, do not violate our policies.”
That stand has sparked calls for advertisers to yank their business from the site.
And you can count Molinaro among those.
“People should contact Facebook’s advertisers to let them know how outraged they are by this pedophile page, and demand they pull their ads for decency’s sake,” he said. “I’m asking everyone to make their voices heard in opposing this filth. Let’s send Facebook a message that pedophilia is not funny and will not be tolerated!”
