Facebook Revamps Community Guidelines By Cracking Down On Hate Speech, Graphic Violence And Nudity

Sensitive to the expanding diversity of the online community, the world's largest social network has taken a step to curb highly contentious postings.

On March 16, Facebook revamped its community guidelines, detailing what is and is not acceptable behavior on the site. With social media playing an ever-increasing role in the news and current events, Facebook's decision to adopt specific standards is an attempt to balance the freedom to share ideas with its responsibility to protect users from content deemed universally unacceptable.

The new guidelines address everything from hate speech to nudity, making it clear that things like revenge porn, bullying, terrorist affiliations, graphic images of violence, and posts that threaten self-harm or harm to others are explicitly prohibited. Users who engage in these now-prohibited activities run the risk of having their post removed or entire account blocked. Users may also self-regulate content by flagging certain pages,