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| PM calls Facebook irresponsible for allowing beheading clips | PM calls Facebook irresponsible for allowing beheading clips |
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| David Cameron has waded into the row over Facebook's decision to allow a video of a beheading to appear on its site, branding it irresponsible and saying the social networking site should explain it to "worried parents". | |
| The prime minister tweeted that Facebook should put up a warning about the video – a move that sources close to the company say it is considering. | The prime minister tweeted that Facebook should put up a warning about the video – a move that sources close to the company say it is considering. |
| The row blew up after the company went back on a ban imposed in May on the posting of footage showing such killings. It said that it was only allowing the present video – which shows a masked man killing a woman in Mexico – because people were sharing the video to condemn it. | The row blew up after the company went back on a ban imposed in May on the posting of footage showing such killings. It said that it was only allowing the present video – which shows a masked man killing a woman in Mexico – because people were sharing the video to condemn it. |
| Yet Facebook's rules, under "nudity and pornography", would ban the display of topless photos. | Yet Facebook's rules, under "nudity and pornography", would ban the display of topless photos. |
| Stephen Balkam, a member of the Facebook safety advisory board, urged the company to rethink the change in its policy. He told Sky News: "They have some very strict rules about nudity, about sex and even about violence, too. I just think in this case they really need to rethink how they use and how they adopt their own policies." | Stephen Balkam, a member of the Facebook safety advisory board, urged the company to rethink the change in its policy. He told Sky News: "They have some very strict rules about nudity, about sex and even about violence, too. I just think in this case they really need to rethink how they use and how they adopt their own policies." |
| Facebook has said users should be free to view such videos and then condemn the content – and that it would take a different approach if the actions in the footage were "encouraged or celebrated". | Facebook has said users should be free to view such videos and then condemn the content – and that it would take a different approach if the actions in the footage were "encouraged or celebrated". |
| Sources close to Facebook have indicated that the company is keeping its policies under close review as the furore over the posting of the video grew. | Sources close to Facebook have indicated that the company is keeping its policies under close review as the furore over the posting of the video grew. |
| While it does have a "like" button, to indicate approval, Facebook doesn't have any clear way for users to indicate dislike of content – meaning that it is hard for outsiders to know how the company could measure the basis on which people are viewing a video. | |
| A Facebook spokeswoman said: "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 Facebook spokeswoman said: "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." |
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