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Ignore or delete: could you be a Facebook moderator?

Facebook sets quizzes to help its moderators learn the rules. We compiled some of the images it has told them to ignore or delete and compiled a quiz of our own
  
  

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Do your views on what is acceptable to show match Facebook’s? Composite: Alamy

  1. Would you delete or ignore this picture?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  2. Picture 8

    What about this?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  3. Picture 14

    Now what would you do about this one?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  4. Picture 3

    How would you deal with this image?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  5. Picture 6

    Would you ignore or delete this image?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  6. Picture 5

    How would you deal with this one?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  7. Picture 13

    Now what about this one?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  8. Picture 2

    And this one?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  9. Picture 4

    This one?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  10. Picture 1

    What about this one?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  11. Picture 10

    Would you ignore or delete this?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  12. Picture 17

    What would you do with this?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  13. Picture 11

    How would you decide here?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  14. Picture 12

    What about this?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  15. Picture 9

    How would you deal with this one?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

  16. Picture 16

    And finally, would you ignore or delete this?

    1. Ignore

    2. Delete

Solutions

1:B - This is what Facebook decided to do., 2:A - This is how the social media giant reacted., 3:A - Facebook let this one pass., 4:A - This one was judged OK as it showed food processing., 5:B - This image was deleted as it shows Osama bin Laden, ie the leader of a terrorist organisation., 6:A - Facebook moderators were told to ignore this because it's fiction., 7:A - Facebook would take no action against this picture., 8:A - This one would have been ignored as it's fictional., 9:A - Moderators were told only to delete this if a poster added sadistic commentary., 10:A - Facebook would ignore this., 11:B - Facebook says this is a fictional setting with the symbol the focus of the image, so it should be deleted., 12:A - Facebook chose to ignore this., 13:A - Moderators were told to ignore this., 14:A - Facebook says 'while controversial, the confederate flag is not considered a hate symbol on our platform'., 15:B - Facebook decided to delete this one., 16:A - Moderators were told to ignore this because it makes fun of a cat it says looks like Adolf Hitler.

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Back to induction week.

  2. 2 and above.

    Back to induction week.

  3. 3 and above.

    Back to induction week.

  4. 4 and above.

    Back to induction week.

  5. 7 and above.

    Better read those manuals again.

  6. 8 and above.

    Better read those manuals again.

  7. 9 and above.

    Better read those manuals again.

  8. 5 and above.

    Back to induction week.

  9. 10 and above.

    Not bad, you'd probably get a second interview.

  10. 11 and above.

    Not bad, you'd probably get a second interview.

  11. 12 and above.

    Not bad, you'd probably get a second interview.

  12. 13 and above.

    Congratulations, you could be a Facebook moderator.

  13. 14 and above.

    Congratulations, you could be a Facebook moderator.

  14. 15 and above.

    Congratulations, you could be a Facebook moderator.

  15. 0 and above.

    Back to induction week.

  16. 6 and above.

    Better read those manuals again.
 

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