Facebook has provided its users with further information about what constitutes banned content. The social network has revamped its community standards, which now feature a separate section on “dangerous organizations”. They also provide new details about which types of nudity are prohibited. The company said that it hoped the new changes would bring “clarity”.
The new guide has replaced the old one on the Facebook website. It will be sent out to users complaining about content posted by others. Facebook’s Monika Bicket said the rewrite took place to clear up confusion about why some takedown requests were declined.
Bicket said that its policies hadn’t changed, though the new guidelines feature almost 2,500 words, making them almost three times longer than they were before. The company has gone into great detail about its policy on nudity, saying that it won’t permit images that focus in “on fully exposed buttocks” or pictures of female breasts if nipples are included.
Text descriptions of sex acts including “vivid detail” are also banned. More information has also been added on hate speech, criminal activity, self-injury, graphic violence. Facebook users still don’t have the ability to stop potentially offensive videos from auto-playing. Interstitial warnings can only be added by Facebook staff after complaints have been received.