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Facebook Clarifies Rules On Banned Content


Ron Burgundy
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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a keynote presentation event at the Mobile World Congress in BarcelonaFacebook Inc clarified its rules banning certain content from its social network, as the Internet company strives to curb controversial posts such as support for violent militant groups and nudity without damaging its status as a global hub for users to share information. The 1.39 billion-member social network updated its “community standards†late Sunday, providing specific examples of content prohibited under its general rules against direct threats, hate speech and criminal activity. While Facebook has long forbidden groups it deems to be terrorist organizations from posting content on its service, the company specified that it will remove content that expresses support for such groups or praises their leaders. Facebook also made clear that images “shared in revenge or without permission,†often referred to as “revenge porn,†are forbidden.




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