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Facebook to visit Australia over porn ring

A member of Facebook's security team will visit Australia next month to take part in workshops bringing together child-safety advocates.

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It follows yesterday's arrest of three local men caught up in a major child porn ring on the social networking site.

The men two from Victoria and one from New South Wales were among 11 people arrested in an international operation to bust a child exploitation ring spanning four continents.

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The arrests are part of a joint Australian Federal Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation crackdown which began earlier this year.

The AFP says while Facebook de-activated the accounts of the initial suspects within hours the groups were re-forming as new accounts.


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