Site in ‘big mistake’ on graphic content

A parents’ representative group has warned Facebook it could be making a “big mistake” in reversing a ban on graphic content on the site, including beheading videos.

Facebook this week announced it had lifted a ban on decapitation videos under a policy that allows some graphic content to remain on the site so long as they are not celebrated by the people posting them.

It marked the end of a ban on the beheading videos, introduced by Facebook in May after complaints from groups such as the Family Online Safety Institute.