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Rhino horn pendants, carved Helmeted hornbill, raw ivory & tigers teeth openly sold on @Facebook
Trader "NT" has posted rhino horn pendants for sale at least three times since November 2020, and has an unusual level of access to critically endangered wildlife.
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This is one the battles closest to our heart.
Teens call out tech CEOs in a full-page ad in the @latimes demanding they design products with their safety and well-being in mind.⬇️
designitforus.org #CAKidsCode
ALT Letter to tech CEOs
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Nothing to worry about here, eh @POTUS ? An #alqaeda linked group now commanding a part of northern #Afghanistan.
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Wildlife trafficker arrested in Goma DRC, with more than 50 animals incl. crowned cranes, marabou storks & colobus monkeys destined for foreign markets. The case was linked to the recent arrest of a parrot trafficker in Uganda. Congrats to all @ParrotTrust @Amini16 @ifawglobal
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[South Africa] Three rhino poachers, Isaac Zitha, Oscar Ndlovu and Richard Mkhombo, were sentenced to a combined 63 years in prison on 12 charges related to Kruger National Park incidents from 2017 and 2018. For more details on the case, go to #WildEye ➡️ bit.ly/3NG4x7a
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Very encouraging to see the trade in Africa's birds getting more attention in the media. It's vital that awareness is raised about the scale of what's going on and the devastating impact its having. #parrots #AfricanGreys @ParrotTrust @UWEC_EntebbeZoo
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Wow get this...@Yelp created 'Yelp Elite,' and guess what elite reviewers have been doing with their "trusted" status? Selling fake reviews to the highest bidder in order to dupe customers. @CounteringCrime's Fake Review Watch is onto them. Read more:
vice.com/en/article/qjbqvd/b…
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Meta investors brace for a difficult quarter after stocks nosedive theguardian.com/technology/2…
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WATCH: Rubble and ashes are almost all that remain of the houses people had built in the village of Bin in central Myanmar, one of more than 100 villages partially or completely burned by Myanmar's military since the start of this year reut.rs/3M76WGT
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Our experts helped @Avaaz prepare this important research on how TERRIBLE a job #Facebook is doing at removing #wildlifecrime. Check it out @andymstone!
@Moonalice
@jason_kint
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Avaaz's research shows that Facebook is a giant online marketplace for wildlife trafficking - tigers, pangolins, parrots... everything is for sale on Facebook! They must #StopTheBloodyTrade now. Read more here: avaaz.org/WildlifeTraffickin…
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Patricia Tricorache, aka @CheetahsRWild, represented @CounteringCrime at the @CITES Standing Committee session in Lyon, France. She has tracked the illegal trade in big cats on #Instagram, #Facebook and increasingly #Snapchat for years.
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Myanmar’s forests are dying: @guillaumepajot tracks how Europe is killing them by importing timber, despite sanctions on the military junta.
New in our Rotten Routes series with @RudiBressa & @TekathSarah ➡️ bit.ly/3v2lJvV
@globalfreemedia @WildEye_News @JusticeMyanmar
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Grim reporting from Ukraine’s Bucha where bodies are seen lying in the streets, some with hands tied, and reports of large mass graves in the area.
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The list of women leaders killed in Somalia is long. The latest is Amina Mohamed Abdi, an outspoken member of parliament who dared challenge the elite. Her death may be linked to the biggest political scandal in the country, writes @HussienM12 thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/…
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Sea cucumber #WildlifeCrime in #Thailand:
"A navy vessel has intercepted and arrested three Vietnamese boats and their crews off Songkhla province for trawling for sea cucumber in Thai waters."
#FishCrime #IUU
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Unskilled taxidermist JL has used @Facebook to advertise his shoddy work on big cats since 2014
Based in Mexico City, he has advertised taxidermied tigers, lions, jaguars, pumas and bears. He has also promoted photos of skins from zebras, white tigers, polar bears and more.
Wildlife trader DC uses @Facebook to advertise edible birds' nest for sale
Based in Balikpapan, Indonesia, DC has been sharing images of the building where he breeds swiftlets and harvests their nests. The nests are sold for consumption in soup.
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RFOB Board Member @YaelEisenstat weighed in on Andy Stone's "response"
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From WaPo (@TaylorLorenz @drewharwell): Facebook paid GOP firm Targeted Victory to malign TikTok.
Campaign includes placing op-eds/letters to the editor in major regional outlets, promoting dubious stories about TikTok trends that originated on FB
washingtonpost.com/technolog…