Child bride auctioned on Facebook by family in 'barbaric use of technology'

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A South Sudan family held an auction on Facebook to seek the largest dowry for their 16-year-old in exchange for her hand in marriage. Facebook said the post was taken down as soon as they learned of it, but that wasn't until after the girl was married.

 

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Disgusting. There’re enough unethical and inhumane acts that pre-exist In tribalism. No room for more.

Facebook's web host, domain registrar and payment processor should terminate their agreements with the company. That's what is done now, right?

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I’d bet that Ted Nugget and Roy Moore all packed up and ready to travel to Sudan.

How much did they raise.

Social media needs self control.

Savages. But they have smartphones and Facebook accounts. There's a push to end the child-brides practice in Sudan by 2030. What?!?!? How about we end it today!!

Take them off the earth

Hey Twitter why is Facebook allowed to do this? Why was this ok? Well?

Facebook can't handle it. But they can find right wing websites to shut down as quickly as possible.

This is why we need a real world leader, and a universal law that protects any minor or minors from being married sold auctioned off or abused. When people start realizing that we don’t have a future without or kids then we’ll help them achieve instead of keeping down

January 1, 2019 great day to deleted Facebook once and for all. Don’t tell me “it’s the only way to stay in touch with the family” what method we use before Facebook? Enough time to download your archive. hatefacebook

Facebook is abhorrent

Wait facebook will do anything for money? Nooooo.....

I hate facebook 🤬

Do we really need Facebook

These big Tech Giants are the enemies of humanity. Facebook Twitter and Google all must be destroyed for the sake of mankind.

But, it's their custom? Facebook is being awfully insensitive to the customs of other cultures.

OMG

Based on new reporting and information, this story has been updated to reflect Facebook’s role in the auction. Posts discussing the sale of a child bride were made and shared on its site

The worse that I always hear when Donald Trump says a thing about CNN,is “fake news”,my stomach turns,I now knw my stomach turns for no reason.Check your facts.There was no auction of any South Sudanese girl on fb but a few showed their dismay on fb in regard to the marriage.

Please check your facts. This is not 1850 when you could say any nonsense about Africans without accountability.

Utterly disgusting, facebook

Lets call this what it really is- Pedophilia. Oh hey, Sally, you're worth 500 cows today. 'Wedding' is on! Is Education and economic opportunities not of occuring in Sudan? This is an global embarrassment wherever it happens. gross OCHASouthSudan childnotbride UNHumanRights

Disgusting

This breaks my heart😢

I love how there are many people on here blaming FB but haven't acknowledged that the problem is the culture in which arranged marriage for the purpose of profit is the norm. FB should have caught it, but that culture and her parents need to be held responsible.

I’m not a big fan of social media because I believe they play a big role in shallowing the world, but this particular case has nothing to do with Facebook! I mean if people misuse something, the only ones to be blamed are people themselves!

Those Sudanian’s are such romantic’s ...

😳🤬🤬🤬🤬

Some of these under developed nations still use old arranged marriages. While we in the western nation find this completely wrong, is really our place to judge other cultures where arranged marriage are common place.

I'm South Sudanese and this is not the real story. What happened was that this girl was having a lot of men competing for her to marry them and one of the guys told the family to pay 500 cows, 3 V8 cars and money. This girl's family doesn't even know how to use social media.

So all cultures aren’t equal, who’d have thought? Oh yeah the people typically branded racist for pointing that out.

Not surprised. facebook and instagram are gravely offended by photos of nipples but will not remove videos or pages with evident violence or abuse. Talking from experience.

Facebook has a program that can detect and deny me selling a gift card but someone in Sudan can post and sell a 🤬 human CHILD!? (I know it happens w/o FB too). I hope she’s safe. 💔

Social media has to police itself

Ice is bad....🙄

16? There are multiple states in the USA that allow girls that age (and younger) to marry if the parents sign. Not that Im condoning it but just pointing out that we need to change laws here too.

Once again Facebook failed to anticipate just how truly shitty people can be.

Can we not charge these people for child endangerment or something

You do realise that in some cultures dowries and arranged marriages are the norm and that families are, in my experience, often less reliant on anti depressants and alcohol than most of those in the United States?

And CNN wants the US to be filled with these people.

Hey fbnewsroom you need to do better. “Connecting people” is NOT “selling people”. And why does it take you 15 days to learn about this?

No good 'parents' The so called parents Should have prostituted THEMSELVES

And I get blocked for a stupid photo!

Just curious. Has the law changed in all the lands of the world. I thought it was legal in most states for a marriage to be acceptable if the bride is 16 and parents consent. What is different in this case? Maybe I missed something!

😂😂😂😂

It’s not Facebook’s fault, it’s the fault of this “barbaric” family.

Facebook = Human Trafficking ☹️

Disgusting

Facebook is really messing up... smh

Social media at it's best.

No surprise here.........

Appalling

Horrible...................................................

Seashells & Beads we’re flying...

Facebook in ten years will be remembered as we remember MySpace. I say that because we don’t. And we won’t. I’m actually big user of Facebook and have built a big business on it. They destresprct and don’t protect the people who made Facebook. DeleteFacebook

I like Facebook

South Sudan should have remained united w/ the North. 🇸🇩 The Southerners are NOT fit for independence & self-rule. Sudan Wahad

Conservative page would have been taken down faster than that

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