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Company Response

17 Jul 2025

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Meta

Meta response re- "illegal recruitment" of Filipino migrants to Japan by agencies on Facebook

Human exploitation is abhorrent and not allowed on our platforms. We regularly evaluate risks linked to modern slavery and human trafficking that could be caused by, contributed to, or directly linked to our business operations or supply chains. We have done specific due diligence on the Philippines, with the executive summary available here and subsequent follow up reporting here.

We have a strong partnership with the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (“DMW”), law enforcement agencies, and non-government organizations where they are able to send reports on problematic online job postings and content trends. With the DMW and other government and civil society partners, we launched an anti-scam campaign called “Be Wais” which specifically included illegal recruitment/job scams…

Meta policies across our products prohibit content or behaviors that facilitate human exploitation in its many forms. We developed our policies in consultation with more than twenty organizations and we continually seek to expand and refine our understanding of human exploitation as we amend and update our enforcement guidelines….

We work with safety organizations worldwide, and among them, we work closely with key anti-trafficking experts, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Stop The Traffik, International Justice Mission, IOM, UNODC, and ECPAT International…