Facebook provides details of its community standards for the first time
San Francisco — Facebook will now give more specific reasons for removing content, and will let users appeal its decision on removing specific posts. Tuesday’s announcement of plans to roll out an appeals process globally over the next few months was accompanied with the first-ever look at the internal standards used to decide what posts go too far in terms of hateful or threatening speech. "This is part of an effort to be more clear about where we draw the line on content," Facebook public policy manager in charge of content Siobhan Cummiskey told AFP. "And for the first time we’re giving you the right to appeal our decisions on individual posts so you can ask for a second opinion when you think we’ve made a mistake." The move to involve Facebook users more on standards for removing content comes as the social network fends off criticism on an array of fronts, including handling of people’s data, spreading "fake news", and whether politics has tinted content removal decisions. Cali...
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