Facebook removes beheading video, updates violent images standards


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Oct 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc removed a video of a woman being beheaded from its website on Tuesday and said it would use a broader set of criteria to determine when gory videos are permitted on the site.

The move came a day after a public outcry over news reports that Facebook, the world's No. 1 social network with 1.15 billion members, had lifted a temporary ban on images of graphic violence.

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