Hong Kong protests: Facebook rolls out new worldwide policy regarding pictures of children after doxxing cases involving police officers and their families
- Content policy manager at social media giant says Facebook now removes any content designed to identify children and create risks to their safety
- Since anti-government protests began in Hong Kong, both protesters and police officers have fallen victim to doxxing and other cyber assaults

Social media giant Facebook introduced a new policy to protect minors after children of Hong Kong police officers became victims of doxxing attacks during the city’s ongoing anti-government protests, its content manager revealed on Wednesday.
Under the policy that was implemented worldwide in September, Facebook removes content designed to identify children and create risks to their safety.
Simon Harari, one of the company’s content policy managers, said the move was inspired by recent developments in Hong Kong.
“We saw photos of police officers’ children being posted,” Harari said. But in these images, there were no threats that could trigger a removal under the company’s previous policies that only banned violence and slurs.
“I think we can all agree that children have no business being put on Facebook against their will and being made part of this debate,” he said.