Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech

[Kadie]

Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech

– 19 mins ago
NEW YORK – Facebook is working with a gay-advocacy group to reduce the amount of hate speech and bullying on the online social hub.

Anti-gay bullying has been in the spotlight recently after the suicides of several gay teenagers, including Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, garnered national attention. According to police, the 19-year-old jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate secretly recorded him with another male student and distributed video online.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation says it reached out to Facebook last week after Internet bullies flooded a page it set up to honor teens who recently killed themselves in response to anti-gay hate. Facebook says its policies prohibit hateful content and it has systems in place to take down such posts as soon as possible.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101015/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_gay_bullying_1

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Yay facebook!

Almost wish I had a page.

K&R BTW

[Heidi]

2. Recommended.

:kick:

[xchrom]

3. Recommend

[Swamp Rat]

4. They have a big job to do, as there is a LOT of it.

I hope YouTube does the same. It is rife with homophobia and neo-nazi sentiment.

[NeedleCast]

5. Good on FaceBook

I don't know if it's just PR related, but they seem to be trying to improve their image.

[whathehell]

6. Good for Facebook!....Now they need to reduce the amount of hate speech

for things besides being gay, like being a popular high school girl, for instance.

Phoebe Prince, a 15 year old immigrant Irish girl committed suicide earlier this year after being relentlessly slurred as a "slut" and a "whore" by her classmates.