Airline apologises after child exposed to porn on website
Qantas has apologised to the family of an eight-year-old boy who was exposed to hardcore porn on the airline’s Facebook page.
The boy had been looking through posts regarding a Lions’ ticket promotion on the page on his father’s iPad when he saw the image.
On contacting the airline, the father claims he was initially told ‘there is nothing we can do about it’, according to a report in Australian publication, The Age.
Qantas confirmed the image was apparently visible on its Facebook page for about seven hours.
”Spam was posted to the Qantas Facebook page in the middle of the night, which included an inappropriate image the size of a profile picture,” a spokesman said.
”We removed the post as soon as we saw it and offered an apology to a gentleman who contacted us to complain.”
The boy’s father, who asked not to be named to avoid identifying his son, said the image was quite visible. ”When you rolled over it on the iPad a larger version of the image popped up,” he said. ”The anatomical details were quite clearly recognisable.”
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