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Facebook removes gruesome video, examining its content policies Oct 23rd 2013, 14:07, by Zach Miners, IDG News Service A gruesome video that was recently noticed on Facebook and allowed by the company was removed Tuesday, as the social network looks to strengthen its policies around the posting of graphic content. On Monday, a BBC report pointed to a video of a beheading that had been posted some time ago to Facebook's site. Although it was extremely graphic, Facebook allowed the video to stay up, in keeping with its mission to be a platform for free expression, and because the video was deemed to condemn the act rather than celebrate it. But late Tuesday afternoon, Facebook removed the video. It was taken down as part of a larger company effort to strengthen its policies around the posting of graphic content involving videos and images. Based on these enhanced standards, we have re-examined recent reports of graphic content and have concluded that this content improperly and irresponsibly glorifies violence—Facebook spokesman The just-announced effort, developed over the last 24 hours, is in its early stages. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: facebook_ipo-100039533-small.jpg

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