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There's a 'V'-shaped valley in Sussex called 'Devil's Dyke'... and we can't be having that, can we?!!!

Facebook apologises for banning users from mentioning National Trust beauty spot
Devil's Dyke after branding it 'hate speech'

*Facebook group users given bans for using the name of the Sussex beauty spot 
*Tech giant warned the term goes against 'community standards' on hate speech 
*Spokesman for the US social media firm apologised for their 'clear mistake'



'Facebook has apologised for issuing bans to people who mentioned the name of a Sussex
beauty spot, branding it ‘hate speech’. Users on community group Brighton People had been
referring to Devil’s Dyke, a well known tourist attraction which has attracted visitors since the
Victorian times.

But while they were innocently chatting about the spot, which has roads, pubs, restaurants and
parks named after it, they say Facebook threatened them with bans if they continue to refer to
it by its name, receiving messages suggesting they were using hate speech.
Facebook has tonight promised to look into the ‘clear’ error.

One user said he was banned for 48 hours for posting a photo of a bus with the destination of
Devil’s Dyke on the front. He added: ““I got 48 hours in FB jail for posting a photo of a bus....the
destination screen clearly says ‘Devil's D***’. I put on the caption ‘....heading up to The D***’.

“I had a message saying that the post had been flagged up as ‘hate speech’ and has been deleted.
“As it was the second time I had been such a public menace, I won the star prize of 48 hours in the
clink. It offered me a button to push if I thought there had been an error. I did that and 10 minutes later,
I had a message saying the original decision had been upheld.

“There is nowhere I can explain the context of why I used the word.”

An administrator of the group added: “Just to say, Facebook has just informed admin that a post needs
to be removed, moderation alert etc because of an address in Brighton being offensive.
“The name of the road is D..e Road. I will leave it to your imaginations to work out the name of the road.
If I were to type it out I would be breaking rules.”

The social media giant has been forced to introduce tougher measures after it was accused of failing to
crack down on extremism and hate speech. But it generally uses an automated algorithm to decide what
is offensive, leading to confusion when words have dual meanings.

A Facebook company spokesman said: “We've clearly made a mistake here and apologise to users
whose posts were affected. “We're looking into what happened and will take steps to rectify the error."...'

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It's disgraceful insulting the carpet-munchers by naming a geographical tourist attraction with such an
inflammatory title. Gawd-luv-a-duck, the God of A.I knows better!