- David Williams, plead guilty in November 2019 to trafficking women from Asia to the United States for sex work in Pennsylvania, Florida and Virginia
- Facebook confirmed it was aware of the trafficking ring in a 2019 internal report where they boasted how it had 'disrupted' the criminal network
- Yet, court documents made no note of any Facebook investigation or evidence the tech firm provided to the FBI or authorities
- People closely involved with the criminal investigation also said they had no memory of Facebook involvement or findings in the case
- Facebook insist they did assist police, but spokesman Andy Stone has not provided any details of the information given
- In 2018 a new law was enacted to make tech companies civilly and criminally liable if they do not act to stop sex trafficking on their platforms
- The latest revelations are part of an intense focus on Mark Zuckerberg's firm, thanks to whistleblower Frances Haugen
- Earlier on Wednesday it emerged that Facebook did little to prevent Donald Trump whipping up partisan fury after riots following George Floyd's death
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