Facebook lets users appeal decisions to remove questionable content

Published April 24, 2018 12:22pm ET



Facebook said Tuesday that it will allow people for the first time to appeal decisions to take down questionable content.

The announcement came in a post in Facebook’s newsroom that also explained how Facebook decides what can be posted and what can’t. That post, from Facebook’s vice president of Global Product Management Monika Bickert, admitted that Facebook’s decision-making “isn’t perfect,” and said that’s why it will allow appeals for the first time.

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