Facebook allows animal abuse

[Catherine]

I think it is not just Facebook, it is the whole social media issue. The world has never had such a public means of communication like this before. We have no idea how to handle it. In some cases it is being abused. I have had to block the feeds from some people and unfriend some people. I try to ignore all the many friend requests and suggested friendships. If you don't know the person they are not really your friend.

I don't know what Facebook's policies are or the policies of other groups. They all probably need some serious review.
I don't think we know what policies are needed to protect privacy, allow for free speech and still not allow for abuse and violence to be published. They need to hire a team of people trained in ethics to debate this issue and come up with better guidelines.

The moderators can only do as well as the policies they are upholding.

The internet has become a place where people can boast about their darker deeds. It is up to us all to work to keep the internet a better place. It doesn't mean we should censor everything, but clearly some things are wrong. Anything that is abusive does not belong on the internet whether it is Facebook or YouTube. Anything that is abusive should not be happening in the first place.

One thought, people now feel the need to boast online about horrible things that they do. This does give us a chance to catch them.