It Is This Guy's Job to Look for Porn on Facebook

Look at the artfully bearded man in this photo. Does this look like a man who would stop pornography from happening? Very much no. And yet, that is his job exactly as one of Facebook’s “porn cops,” the regulators of obscene content on Facebook profiles. He is the reason that that picture of you inhaling from a bong constructed to look like a giant penis was taken off Facebook. He is also the reason that you got a job because that picture of you inhaling from a bong constructed to look like a giant penis was taken off Facebook. 

Facebook needs to keep its user content PG-13 so that advertisers will invest in it, but you’ll notice that there are, in fact, a lot of weird photos on Facebook.  What flies?  Well, the Facebook porno cops have devised a set of rules – the Fully Exposed Butt Rule, the Crack Rule, the Nipple Rule (none of those are OK) – and they evaluate flagged content accordingly.  Speaking of which, who are all these people out there flagging others’ profiles as obscene?  When Newsweek investigated, there were 438,848 pages of flagged content.  You read that right: 438,848.  Never forget that snitches die alone, folks.

Also interesting: FB gets 10 to 20 requests for information from the po-leece every day. And not just underage drinking stuff. Murder stuff.

Source: Newsweek.