After banning videos and images showing decapitations, Facebook is again allowing such graphic content if the intent is to condemn the acts depicted. not glorify them.(Photo: Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Images)
Reversing a ban on graphic content, Facebook is again allowing users to post violent images or videos if the intent is to condemn, not glorify, the acts depicted, the BBC reported Monday.
The BBC was tipped off by a user who said that despite complaints from other members, Facebook had refused to delete a page showing a gruesome video clip — reportedly recorded in Mexico — of a masked man beheading a woman.
The social network began deleting visually graphic content n in May after child-protection advocates complained about videos showing decapitations. The Family Online Safety Institute said such disturbing images “crossed a line” and could potentially cause psychological damage among Facebook users, who can be as young as 13.
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