Facebook bans self-harm images in fight against suicide

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Facebook's move comes amid growing criticism of how social media companies moderate violent and potentially dangerous content. FMTNews

Facebook has a team of moderators who watch for content such as live broadcasting of violent acts as well as suicides.

The social network also said on Tuesday self-injury related content will now become harder to search on Instagram and will ensure that it does not appear as recommended in the Explore section on the photo-sharing app. About 8 million people die due to suicide every year, or one person every 40 seconds, according to a report by the World Health Organisation.

The company works with at least five outsourcing vendors in at least eight countries on content review, a Reuters tally showed in February.

 

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