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The In-House Decency Patrol At Facebook

Posted by timothy on from the keeping-the-milquetoast-lukewarm dept.

theodp writes "How'd you like a job where you get fired if you DON'T view porn at work? Newsweek reports on Facebook's internal police force of 150 staffers who are charged with regulating users' decorum, hunting spammers and working with actual law-enforcement agencies to help solve crimes. Part hall monitors, part vice cops, the $50,000-a-year 'porn cops' also keep Facebook safe for corporate advertisers."

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  1. Rampant Sexism by corsec67 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hate how incredibly sexist the filtering is. Both sexes (generally) have a pair of nipples that appear very similar, so for one pair to be fine for prime-time television, and another pair to be fined for a fleeting appearance on TV seems very silly.

    It isn't the shape of the female breast that is the issue, as a picture of a model wearing a skimpy swimming suit would pass. Male nipples? Also just fine.

    Female Nipples? WHOAH, STOP THE PRESSES!
    (Even if the nipple is currently feeding a child)

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  2. Re:so lest get this straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    yep. my first "job"ã(back in high school) was translating pirated movies for a small video shop somewhere in Eastern Europe.

    more than half of what i had to do was porn, and i liked it, because it was easier than normal films, and paid the same.

    and the hard ons were for free.

    good times ...

  3. Re:so lest get this straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I work for a web hosting company that caters to the adult industry. Looking at porn is a job requirement.

    However, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Porn doesn't discriminate.

    I'll let you figure it out.