Women who have posted on Facebook that “all men are scum” in response to high profile sexual harassment cases have had their accounts banned on the grounds that it is hate speech. The account of Marcia Belsky, a US comedian, was temporarily suspended after her comment — made about rape and death threats sent to a female friend — was flagged by a user and then classed as inappropriate by the social network’s moderators. In the wake of the global #MeToo movement, in which women share their experience of sexual harassment, assault and discrimination on social media, many users have reported being blocked by Facebook. Women even writing things such as “all men are ugly” have had their posts removed, according to the Daily Beast…

Source: The Times December 06, 2017 00:11 UTC