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Facebook Moderation Woes

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Facebook apologized to a San Francisco resident whose account was suspended after he posted a historic cover from the 1970s lesbian magazine "Dyke."

The moderation team at Facebook is struggling with keeping offensive content off the social network while simultaneously avoiding unnecessary censorship.

It's a tough job for an algorithm, and an even tougher job for human moderators.

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