Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence

It's interesting that they have specific provisions for Zionism.

> Anyone with more than 100,000 followers on a social media platform is designated as a public figure – which denies them the full protections given to private individuals.

100k followers is a curiously high threshold to be labeled as a public figure. I'd wager many people who are notable enough to have Wikipedia pages would not be able to hit that threshold even on Twitter.

Are the original files out there for people to go through themselves? Or do we only have what the Guardian will show us?

I hope the take-away that comes out of the leaked documents is this: community moderation is very, very hard. It's not just a simple cut-and-dry "free speech vs censorship" issue. There's an enormous amount of nuance involved to sustain a community that won't just devolve into a toxic waste dump that's poison for 99% of the people there.

In my experience working with startups, many of them don't treat their content moderation team well, or it tends to be an afterthought. In reality, this can be the hardest and most important job at a company. PTSD is a real problem with these teams, and pay is often sub-par. And when they make mistakes (or when they don't but people still get mad), they tend to get the bulk of the criticism from it. And then at the end, they usually aren't allowed to talk publicly about any of the work they do.

Please take your content moderation department seriously. If you have one, read through the crap Facebook's team has to deal with on a daily basis, and then go over and hug them.

I doubt documents like that would ever be published willingly.

If those documents were public, that (in my opinion) would just enable bullies etc., as they would know exactly what they could get away with. That would then trigger tightening the rules, which would then trigger much complaining about Facebook suppressing free speech etc..

There are also the motivations of whomever wants this out there. Some people may only want the debate, but some want it out there so as to enable the bullies. And others just want the fame and fortune of being the one who published it.

Honestly, this all sucks.