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A few months ago (in October) Facebook put out new policies on sexual solicitation [archive 2018-12-06]. These policies are incredibly overbroad, to the point that they cover any of these:
This only hit the press recently, and Facebook of course has denied that their moderators (their oh so consistent and wise, overworked, underpaid, and undertrained moderators) would remove posts based on e.g. sexual orientation. But this is Facebook, so I'm taking their statement with a whole pile of salt, spread out into a shape that spells "YEAH RIGHT".
And of course, no reassurances from them on whether they would remove frank discussion of sex, such as might occur in (off the top of my head) rape victim support groups, or private posts where people are asking advice.
This is likely all further fallout from SESTA/FOSTA, which passed earlier this year. The stated aim was to make sex trafficking more difficult, but actual anti-sex-trafficking groups derided it (even the Justice Department hated it) because it actually makes life worse for people who are victims of sex trafficking, and for sex workers who aren't being exploited. And now it's hitting people who aren't even in the sex business in any way, shape, or form and just want to talk about sex, as adults sometimes do.
- A post that includes explicit discussion of sex
- Using sexual slang (while mentioning a sex act)
- Discussing fetishes (while mentioning a sex act)
- "Hey, anyone else want to go to the Boston Baby Dolls show tonight?" (local burlesque show)
- Mentioning sexual orientation (while mentioning a sex act)
This only hit the press recently, and Facebook of course has denied that their moderators (their oh so consistent and wise, overworked, underpaid, and undertrained moderators) would remove posts based on e.g. sexual orientation. But this is Facebook, so I'm taking their statement with a whole pile of salt, spread out into a shape that spells "YEAH RIGHT".
And of course, no reassurances from them on whether they would remove frank discussion of sex, such as might occur in (off the top of my head) rape victim support groups, or private posts where people are asking advice.
This is likely all further fallout from SESTA/FOSTA, which passed earlier this year. The stated aim was to make sex trafficking more difficult, but actual anti-sex-trafficking groups derided it (even the Justice Department hated it) because it actually makes life worse for people who are victims of sex trafficking, and for sex workers who aren't being exploited. And now it's hitting people who aren't even in the sex business in any way, shape, or form and just want to talk about sex, as adults sometimes do.
