Facebook has created a new rule book
that tells users the sort of content they can and can't post on the site,
including a ban on images of 'fully exposed' buttocks.
Now, the social media hub has clarified
its policies with a new Community Standards section of the website.
This includes clarification that some
nudity is allowed for artistic purposes, but images of genitals or buttocks
will be taken down.
Facebook's head of global policy
management, Monika Bickert, said in a blog post announcing the new page: 'Billions of
pieces of content are shared on Facebook every day.
Facebook states it will remove content
that 'promotes or encourages suicide or any other type of self-harm, including
self-mutilation and eating disorders'.
The site adds that it will not allow
any content that identifies victims or survivors of self-harm or suicide and
targets them.
While confirming it doesn't consider
body modification to be self-harm, it added it does allow the sharing of
information about the topic of self-harm and suicide when it 'does not promote
these things'.
'Restrictions on the display of both
nudity and sexual activity also apply to digitally created content unless the
content is posted for educational, humorous or satirical purposes.
'Explicit images of sexual intercourse
are prohibited.
'Some verbal descriptions of sexual
acts that go into vivid detail may also be removed.'
There is also a section on hate speech,
with Facebook confirming it relies on users to report cases of hate speech.
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