Ask HN: Your thoughts on Facebook and its reporting system (Graphic footage)

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11 years ago

Recently, my feed had a very shocking video of a woman (shown dead) being stoned, beaten by 10s of men in a third world country; due to a religious infringement which in this case was burning of a holy book.

I did not think it should be on Facebook as graphic. Soon after the report, I got a notification saying the post was not removed and to quote, "We reviewed the post you reported for containing graphic violence and found it doesn't violate our Community Standards."

What are your thoughts on this? In many cases, I end up blocking such posts but it has become an annoyance how this is abused.

(GRAPHIC, NSFW) https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1119359184748254