A thin blue line: how Facebook deals with controversial content

A surveillance camera, downtown Flagstaff. By xomiele.

A thin blue line: how Facebook deals with controversial content

"Stories of Facebook allowing beheading videos but removing breastfeeding images, and then reversing the decision to allow graphic violence after public uproar, has led many to question how Facebook should treat controversial content. Australian users, for example, were enraged by Facebook’s initial refusal to take down an Aboriginal Memes page last year, although Facebook also later reversed that decision and removed the racist page."

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Universidades Americanas verificam sua nota e seu Facebook

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Universidades Americanas verificam sua nota e seu Facebook

"A Kaplan - http://press.kaptest.com/ -, uma empresa do grupo que edita o jornal Washington Post (EUA), realizou uma pesquisa com 381 universidades americanas e constatou que 31% delas consultam as páginas das redes sociais dos candidatos durante o processo de admissão.
Alguns já foram reprovados, como conta a repórter Natasha Singer em uma reportagem no NYTimes ("They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets"), publicada em 09/11/2013.
E no Brasil?"

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Two People Killed For Unfriending Somebody On Facebook

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Two People Killed For Unfriending Somebody On Facebook

"A Mountain City, Tennessee couple were shot dead in their home allegedly because they "unfriended" someone on Facebook, police say, according to Reuters. The victims, Billy Clay Payne Jr. and Billie Jean Hayworth, had recently unfriended Jenelle Potter on Facebook. Potter's father and cousin shot both victims in the head and slit Payne Jr.'s throat. It gets worse..."

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