Facebook has announced that it has put plans in place to cut down censorship of offensive posts that may violate its community standards against nudity and violence, that is, if those posts are deemed to be in the interest of the public, CNN reports.
This comes a month after Facebook found itself at the center of an international outcry for preventing users from posting the iconic “Napalm Girl” picture.
The image, one of the most famous war photographs in history, depicts a naked girl fleeing a Napalm attack.
The company also came under fire last week for removing a breast cancer awareness video in Sweden for being too graphic. The company later apologized and said the video was incorrectly removed.
The announcement to cut down on censorship comes as Facebook employees reportedly debated whether to remove certain posts from Donald Trump for violating its rules against hate speech.
According to a blog post from the VP of Global Public Policy at Facebook, Joe Kaplan and Justin Osofsky, VP in charge of Media Partnerships, “in the weeks ahead, we’re going to begin allowing more items that people find newsworthy, significant, or important to the public interest – even if they might otherwise violate our standards.”
