Facebook makes U-turn over decapitation video clip

[Jazzy]

Facebook has removed a video clip showing a woman's decapitation and issued new rules about what can be shared on its site.

The U-turn comes two days after the BBC revealed the firm had dropped a ban on clips showing extreme violence.

That move was criticised by the British prime minister and the company's own safety advisers.

Facebook now says it will still allow some graphic content but will take a more comprehensive look at its context.

It outlined its revised policy in a press release.

"First, when we review content that is reported to us, we will take a more holistic look at the context surrounding a violent image or video, and will remove content that celebrates violence," it said.

"Second, we will consider whether the person posting the content is sharing it responsibly, such as accompanying the video or image with a warning and sharing it with an age-appropriate audience.

"Based on these enhanced standards, we have re-examined recent reports of graphic content and have concluded that this content improperly and irresponsibly glorifies violence. For this reason, we have removed it."

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I read the comments about this article. I noticed several had stated they closed their Facebook page yesterday. I bet this is the ONLY reason Facebook did this complete U-turn.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Figures, why did they need to let it get to this point in the first place?

 

[Kirito]

Content like that still finds its way onto my fb page every day so as usual they're doing a great job moderating.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Content like that still finds its way onto my fb page every day so as usual they're doing a great job moderating.

Well how many people are on facebook? Im sure they cannot be everywhere at once, people have to report it.

 

[Kirito]

Content like that still finds its way onto my fb page every day so as usual they're doing a great job moderating.

Well how many people are on facebook? Im sure they cannot be everywhere at once, people have to report it.

There are only a few well known websites with that kind of content. If they can't even block all links from those websites, they're not really making an effort.