Searching 'Chicken Soup' on Facebook Returns a Warning About Child Sexual Abuse?

“Why has chicken soup come up as a child abuse alert on Facebook? I am confused,” a social media user asked. Published Aug 15, 2023 Claim: Searching the phrase “chicken soup” on Facebook returned a warning about child sexual abuse, as of mid-August 2023. Rating: In summer 2023, a rumor spread on social media that claimed searching the phrase “chicken soup” in Facebook’s search engine returned a warning about child sexual abuse. Facebook chicken soup? What’s it about? by u/Missdigestive1 in facebook The claim was true, according to an experiment by Snopes and articles by other news outlets corroborating the claim. While the phrase “chicken soup” may appear innocent to some people, it has ties to a code phrase that corners of the internet use to refer to child pornography. That phrase is the Spanish translation of “chicken soup” — “caldo de pollo.” “Caldo de pollo” shares an acronym (“CP”) with “child pornography.” According to policies governing Facebook (Facebook Community Standards), the platform does not allow content or activity that sexually exploits or endangers children, and bans “content (including photos, videos, real-world art, digital content, and verbal depictions) that sexualizes real or non-real children.” To check this claim, we tried typing the phrase “chicken soup” ourselves
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