Wildlife traffickers selling protected animals on Facebook use coded language to evade moderation. Research by Bellingcat and @mongabay has identified nine groups, with more than 70,000 members combined, leading back to six profiles and one broker in Indonesia. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/19/how-wildlife-traffickers-are-using-coded-language-to-sell-protected-animals-on-facebook/?utm_source=mastodon
How Wildlife Traffickers Are Using Coded Language to Sell Protected Animals On Facebook - bellingcat

Coded language used in thousands of Facebook ads has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade the platform’s bans for years

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@Bellingcat @mongabay Facebook is so evil. Genocide, wildlife trafficking, all this goes unmoderated in Southeast Asia.