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From the October 22 authorized the publication online. But controversy

The “back” of video on Facebook violentiSi to the movies with beheadings and executions

In May, the social net had banned the contents shock.
Now the countermand. Clip downloaded to condemn facts’

Into Violation of human rights in Iraq. Scenes like these were banned from Facebook. Now reappear

Into Contrordine from Facebook. The social net has second thoughts on the subject of violent videos. A striking back. From Tuesday, October 22 will be possible to post videos of beheadings, executions, acts of

terrorism and violation of human rights: a decision annulling a previous ban on the gruesome video company announced in May. “People share videos of these events on Facebook to condemn them,” said the company in a statement, to justify the decision. “If they were celebrated, or encouraged, our approach would be different.”

CAMERON: ‘irresponsible’ – The British Prime Minister David Cameron has described the gesture as “irresponsible”. “They will have to explain their actions to the parents concerned,” added Cameron, reports the BBC. Facebook has 1.5 billion members, including minors aged 13 years and older. The BBC also says that many users have complained recently of a video in which a man kills a woman with a mask in Mexico, entitled “Challenge: anyone can watch this video?». The company announced that it is developing tools to allow the user to block content they do not want to see. “Just a few seconds of exposure to this material,” he explained to the BBC Arthur Cassidy, head of an association for the prevention of suicide Northern Ireland, “to leave a permanent record. More realistic and lively is the material, the more this becomes psychologically destructive. “

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