Facebook to introduce new censorship rules

(Baonghean) - On Monday, March 16, the social networking site Facebook has just launched a new version to better suit the common standards of the community. With this new version of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg - the head of Facebook hopes that it can help guide users, especially young people, towards better purposes.

On Monday, Facebook introduced a new version of its “community standards.” Monika Bickert, who is responsible for controlling content on the site, announced that “the new adjustments will be published on Facebook. So far, the adjustments are related to four areas: online violence, protecting intellectual property, privacy of accounts and mutual respect.”

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of social networking site Facebook. Photo: Justin Sullivan/AFP

Mr. Bickert also said that information about “dangerous organizations,” “attacks on public targets,” “criminal activities” or “violence and sexual abuse” would also be more tightly controlled.

In particular, Facebook said they will impose additional restrictions on posting some nude or semi-nude photos. Because of differences in culture or age, some users around the world cannot accept these photos appearing on their social networking site.

Some people are concerned that the change could be a negative point for Facebook. For a long time, security or privacy has always been an issue that both social sites and users are concerned about before using it. However, Mr. Bickert also emphasized that "Basically, nothing has changed in our content control policy" and explained that "the new regulations are just to provide more information for our work".

It is known that the above topics are gradually becoming hot topics of social concern, especially after recent terrorist attacks. Facebook and other social networking sites have been repeatedly accused of lax management, allowing terrorist propaganda online to become increasingly popular.

Governments have repeatedly urged internet service providers not to “support hate speech online.” And Facebook and other sites have agreed not to promote violent content. Facebook said it is continuing to discuss the issue and is asking users to say no to violence and discrimination.

Chu Thanh

According to Le Figaro March 16