Facebook clarifies policy on nudity, hate speech and other community standards

Social network's updated guidelines also cover self-harm, bullying and harassment, violence and graphic content

Facebook has updated its community standards guidelines to provide "more detail and clarity" on the content it allows or bans on its service.

The social network stressed in a blog post that its policies are not changing, but that "we have heard from people that it would be helpful to provide more clarity and examples".

"When this is the case, we expect people to clearly indicate their purpose, which helps us better understand why they shared that content.

We allow humour, satire or social commentary related to these topics, but we may ask Page owners to associate their name and Profile with any content that is insensitive, even if that content does not violate our policies."

"We remove photographs of people displaying genitals or focusing in on fully exposed buttocks. We also restrict some images of female breasts if they include the nipple, but we always allow photos of women actively engaged in breastfeeding or showing breasts with post-mastectomy scarring. We also allow photographs of paintings, sculptures and other art that depicts nude figures."

"We also remove content that expresses support for groups that are involved in the violent, criminal or hateful behaviour mentioned above. Supporting or praising leaders of those same organisations, or condoning their violent activities, is not allowed."