Facebook releases long-secret rules on how it polices the service

Facebook has released its long form document which guides what is and isn't acceptable to be posted on its pages.

British politicians have slammed social media for not removing extremist material on their sites. (AAP) Source: Press Association

Facebook on Tuesday released a rule book for the types of posts it allows on its social network, giving far more detail than ever before on what is permitted on subjects ranging from drug use and sex work to bullying, hate speech and inciting violence.

Facebook for years has had “community standards” for what people can post. But only a relatively brief and general version was publicly available, while it had a far more detailed internal document to decide when individual posts or accounts should be removed.

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