In the wake of the multiple sexual harassment and abuse scandals across the globe, Facebook has been suspending women for “hate speech” against men after posting variations of the phrase “men are scum”. Facebook says that threats and hate speech directed towards a protected group violate its community standards and therefore are removed. The social network told the Daily Beast that “men are scum” was a threat and therefore should be removed. When hate speech is directed to a category the guidelines are clear – the content must be removed. But according to ProPublica when hate speech is directed at subsets of the categories a greater latitude is afforded users.

Source: The Guardian December 05, 2017 14:23 UTC