“Facebook’s bullying and harassment policy explicitly allows for “public figures” to be targeted in ways otherwise banned on the site, including “calls for [their] death”, according to a tranche of internal moderator guidelines leaked to the Guardian.” theguardian.com/technology/202…
“Public figures are defined by Facebook to include ppl whose claim to fame may be simply a large social media following or infrequent coverage in local newspapers. They are considered to be permissible targets for certain types of abuse “because we want to allow discussion”
“It comes as social networks face renewed criticism over abuse on their platforms, including of the Duke and #DuchessOfSussex and professional footballers, in particular black stars such as Marcus Rashford.”
“Facebook, which also owns Instagram, has changed its policies in response to the criticism, introducing new rules to cover abuse sent through direct messages and committing to cooperate with law enforcement over hate speech.”
For those of you who have been asking me when H&M will return to social media, this is why it won’t be anytime soon. #StopHateForProfit
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