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    Facebook Lifts Ban On Posting Beheading Videos

    Facebook lifted a ban on posting videos showing people being decapitated, sparking outrage from groups who argue the graphic images should be censored.

    The social network site quietly began allowing users to post the bloody content after a months-long ban on the videos issued when the Family Online Safety Institute complained the images "crossed a line," the BBC reported. "Such content should be taken down," the British charity's chief executive, Will Gardner, told the station. "There is a need to raise issues happening around the world, there is that argument--but some content is horrific."

    Facebook--which allows anyone over 13 years old to have an account--said they determined that users should be free to watch and condemn the videos as long as they don't promote violence.

    The news station learned of the policy change after a reader reported a video showing a woman killed by a group of masked men in what appears to be Mexico was posted to the site and not removed.

    The clip--titled, "Challenge: Anybody can watch this video"--generated a litany of comments that claimed the content was too graphic. "Remove this video too many young innocent minds out there shouldn't see this!!!" one person wrote. "This is absolutely horrible, distasteful and needs to be removed...there are too many young minds that can see this," another commenter wrote. "I'm 23 and I'm very disturbed after seeing a couple of seconds of it."

    A spokeswoman for Facebook--which still keeps a strict policy against posting any nudity or sexually suggestive content--said the video was not removed because it did not condone the violence. "Facebook has long been a place where people turn to share their experiences, particularly when they're connected to controversial events on the ground, such as human rights abuses, acts of terrorism and other violent events," a spokeswoman told the BBC. "People are sharing this video on Facebook to condemn it. If the video were being celebrated, or the actions in it encouraged, our approach would be different."

    The spokeswoman said the social network site is considering a warning system that would alert users of the graphic content before it is viewed.

    Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...#ixzz2iSgWfPxR
    There are BEHEADING VIDEOS on Facebook??

    I thought fb was just cute babies and vacation pics! Yikes!!
    Last edited by *crickets*; 10-22-2013 at 06:53 AM.

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