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Facebook Frolics 3

Crackdown. From The Guardian:

Facebook is to crack down on ads running next to offensive material by launching a new system that will create a blacklist of pages and groups that contain any violent, graphic or sexual content, even if it previously passed its community standards.

More at the link.

The surprising take-away about this is that Facebook has “community standards.”

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3 comments

  1. George Smith

    June 29, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    What about a crackdown on chumpbait bottom-feeder ads for X-Rated Poker and other “dating” services delivered with the come hither of a big-bosomed female thumbnail next to your feed and timeline?

     
  2. Frank

    June 29, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    Speaking of bottom-feeders . . . .

     

    And it’s even on-topic!

     
  3. George Smith

    June 30, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Ha-ha. You can tell Sean Parker still has a drug problem, even with a staff to write it for him. Heh, the guy who helped “invent” Napster talking about the “democratization” of publishing. 9.5 k words, though. I was in Big Sur a couple times, always liked it. Wonder if he ate at Nepenthe?
    http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_23355807/big-sur-residents-bracing-sean-parker-wedding-extravaganza
    Probably not. Wasn’t posh enough for the uber-toffs.

     
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