How Facebook Handles Inappropriate Content

Ensuring Facebook's community of more than 900 million users abides by the company's user policies is a task that requires hundreds of employees.

Based in Menlo Park, Austin, Dublin and Hyderabad, these employees field user reports of inappropriate posts around the clock. On Tuesday, Facebook revealed details about how they get the job done.

Reports of inappropriate content, which users can submit with just a couple of clicks, are directed to one of four support teams.

An Abusive Content Team handles spam and sexually explicit content. Meanwhile, a Safety Team handles threats of vandalism, graphic violence, credible threats of violence and illegal drug use. A Hate and Harassment Tea…
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