Facebook to consider public interest before removal of posts violating guidelines

Move comes after repeated criticism of Facebook from news organisations, charities and others over important posts being taken down without notice

Facebook is finally going to consider whether or not posts are important to the public interest before removing them from the site for violating community guidelines, the social network has announced.

Two vice presidents from the company, Joel Kaplan and Justin Osofsky, co-signed the announcement, which acknowledged that "observing global standards for our community is complex".