Facebook bans scenic canal over ‘obscene’ name, dubs it ‘hate speech’
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nypost.comtold the Sun. The fishing and gift shop owner said the issue first came to light after a member posted about parking her boat at the profanely-named canal, which reportedly leads to a place called Cockshoot Broad.
Facebook promptly removed the post, citing that it contained “violence and sexual content,” according to Burgess. The social media giant has since banned any mention of the name and classified its algorithms as “hate speech.”Burgess, for one, believes that the measure is a bit heavy-handed. “They have put two and two together and got 58.
You’ve got to laugh” he said, adding that the ban is ironic as FB contains “so much that is really obscene or violent or sexual but nothing is done.”Interestingly, the name isn’t even.
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