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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Manuel Rueda and Astrid Suarez

Rebels in Colombia are recruiting youth on social media. The UN wants TikTok and Facebook to do more

Rebel groups in Colombia are using apps like Facebook and Tik Tok to recruit children and young adults, and social media companies must do more to moderate content, the United Nations says.

The U.N.'s top human rights official in Colombia, Scott Campbell, in an interview with The Associated Press said more investment is needed in both automated tools and human moderators to take down videos posted by gangs and rebel groups that are targeting youth from marginalized communities.

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