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“This includes removing misinformation that delegitimizes the outcome of November’s election,” alongside hate speech and other misinformation.įacebook says it’s taking temporary measures to reduce the spread of content that praises or supports post-election violence, automatically demoting potentially rule-breaking content while moderators make a decision on its removal.īuzzFeed reports that Frankel said Facebook is securing the accounts of activists and journalists, as well as protecting “critical information about what’s happening on the ground.” While the military reportedly locked down overall internet access at the beginning of the coup, the disruption was apparently temporary.įacebook removed a military TV network’s page “We are closely monitoring political events in Myanmar as they unfold and are taking additional steps to stop misinformation and content that could incite further tensions at this time,” a spokesperson tells The Verge. Frankel pledged to employ “a number of product interventions that were used in the past in Myanmar and during the US elections, to ensure the platform isn’t being used to spread misinformation, incite violence, or coordinate harm.”įacebook declined to comment on the leaked post to The Verge, but it confirmed that a number of the measures it mentions are being put in place. The overwhelming evidence presented by the CPS against Behn left him little choice but to plead guilty to all offences on 8 June 2021.Facebook has designated Myanmar a “temporary high-risk location” after a coup earlier this week, saying it will remove “any calls to bring armaments” and protect posts criticizing the country’s military.Īccording to BuzzFeed, Facebook’s Asia-Pacific policy director, Rafael Frankel, outlined its coup response in a message to employees. “However, borders are not a barrier and the NCA works closely with international partners to ensure Britons committing offences abroad are prosecuted in the UK.” “Travelling sex offenders like Behn think that by conducting their abuse in a remote part of the world away from home, they won’t get caught. “He manipulated them and forced them in front of the camera for his own sick gratification. Graham Ellis, NCA Operations Manager, said: “Behn is a predator who sexually abused vulnerable children. The children in these pictures were between the ages of five and nine years old. The NCA recovered 265 indecent images of children on Behn’s laptop. Screenshot of Garmin data showing Behn’s location This included a Garmin GPS which the CPS used to prove that he was at the locations when the photos were taken. I urge anyone who has been abused to report it so that justice can be served, whether the offences have been committed in UK or abroad.”īehn was arrested at Gatwick Airport in February 2020 prior to leaving for another trip and his items were seized. “Behn’s abuse and exploitation will affect his victims for their whole lives. “These children were deliberately posed and photographed by Behn and Behn’s behaviour clearly escalated in severity over the course of his stay.

Behn used his position of power to purposefully seek out vulnerable young local boys with the intention of sexually abusing and exploiting them.

Giorgina Venturella, CPS Organised Crime Division Specialist Prosecutor, said: “The crimes that Christopher Behn committed against underage boys in Myanmar were depraved. Today (8 July 2021), Behn was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, with an extended licence of six years for child sex offences at Chelmsford Crown Court.
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He also sexually assaulted one of the boys and recorded the assault in a series of images. He took posed naked photographs of 11 unidentified Burmese boys under the age of 13. It was during this time when Behn sought out vulnerable local boys with the intention to sexually abuse them before he returned to the UK on 25 November 2016. However, after the tour he relocated to the coastal area of Nagapali Beach for a further four nights. Christopher BehnĬhristopher Behn, 66, travelled to Myanmar under the premise of attending an organised cycling tour in November 2016. A man who travelled to Myanmar to sexually abuse and exploit young boys was convicted of his crimes after GPS location data from his Garmin device was used against him in evidence.
