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Title: Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech
Post by: CactusCarlos on October 15, 2010, 04:59:15 PM: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9324931

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Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech
Posted by Kadie on Fri Oct-15-10 02:47 PM

Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech

â€“ 19 mins ago
NEW YORK â€“ Facebook is working with a gay-advocacy group to reduce the amount of hate speech and bullying on the online social hub.

Anti-gay bullying has been in the spotlight recently after the suicides of several gay teenagers, including Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, garnered national attention. According to police, the 19-year-old jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate secretly recorded him with another male student and distributed video online.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation says it reached out to Facebook last week after Internet bullies flooded a page it set up to honor teens who recently killed themselves in response to anti-gay hate. Facebook says its policies prohibit hateful content and it has systems in place to take down such posts as soon as possible.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101015/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_gay_bullying_1
Title: Re: Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech
Post by: CactusCarlos on October 15, 2010, 05:00:50 PM: Quote
Good for Facebook!....Now they need to reduce the amount of hate speech
Posted by whathehell on Fri Oct-15-10 03:02 PM

for things besides being gay, like being a popular high school girl, for instance.

Phoebe Prince, a 15 year old immigrant Irish girl committed suicide earlier this year after being relentlessly slurred as a "slut" and a "whore" by her classmates.

That kinda talk will put a granite taste in your mouth - don't you know it's all about the ghey? :whatever:
Title: Re: Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech
Post by: AllosaursRus on October 15, 2010, 06:02:24 PM: I saw my granddaughter on one of those sites while she was here last. I made her remove everything I could find that looked personal enough to identify her.

I would suggest all parents and grandparents do the same!
Title: Re: Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech
Post by: Thor on October 16, 2010, 06:04:02 PM: I suppose it's considered good to remove anti-gay crap, but NOT to remove anti-military crap or anti- "whatever" crap?? I don't see the parity.