The Facebook ενημέρωσε τους όρους της κοινότητας (TOS ή Terms of Service) to help them users understand what they can and cannot share on the social network.
The revised guidelines clarify Facebook's policies on a number of issues, such as her harassment, threat of violence, self-harm, and hate speech. The company strives to strike a balance between the offensive offensive content and the allowed freedom of expression on its network.
Facebook forbids harassment of other users, the threat of sexual violence, the promotion of self-inflicted violence and the support of terrorist organizations. It also abolishes the hate speech that attacks people on the basis of their race, ethnicity, ethnic origin, religious beliefs and sexual orientation.
The company says it will attempt to review cases cited to maintain users' freedom to share their ideas. For example, it will look at the content depicting violence or human rights abuses to see if it has been posted for sadistic pleasure or to raise awareness about these issues before deciding whether to delete it or not.
Also on the relevant websiteσελίδα of Facebook states that “community is built on diversity. This means that you may disagree or be annoyed by something, but because the necessary conditions are not met it may not be possible to remove or block it. For this reason, the social network offers personal settings with which you can control what you will see and what you will not see. For example, you can hide posts from people or pages that provoke or offend you, or even delete them from your friends list.”
On the other hand, if Facebook receives a request from a country to remove some content, because it is illegal or offensive in that country, it will not necessarily have to delete the content, but limit the access in that country in question.
The company, according to TNW, also reports that it has seen an increase of 11% in the second half of 2014 from requests by governments of various countries to limit content in the social network compared to the first half.
The Facebook It added that "it will continue to press governments around the world to reform their surveillance practices in a way that maintains the security and protection of their peoples while safeguarding the rights and freedoms that are protected."
