UN experts slam Facebook for Somalia sanctions silence
UN sanctions experts have complained to the UN Security Council that Facebook refuses to answer questions about ship hijackings suspected to be organized on social media sites.
In a new report released Friday, the experts -- who monitor a UN arms embargo against Somalia as well as sanctions against accused pirates and Shebab Islamists -- say Facebook has failed to respond to "repeated" approaches.
The sanctions investigators say Somalia's notorious piracy business is supported by accomplices who could be bankers, businessmen, politicians or aid workers "all using their regular occupations or positions to facilitate one or another network.
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