Facebook 'rape' Page Is To Stay

Facebook has been criticised for not stealing a argumentative page that plant encouragement charities say trivialises and jokes about rape.

The organisation page, called "You know she's personification hard to obtain when your chasing her down an alleyway", has 194,370 likes on the amicable networking site.

Victim encouragement groups have called it "disgusting".

Companies that publicize on Facebook have demanded their adverts be private from the page.

Orlagh, a 22-year-old tyro from Belfast who did not wish to divulge her full name, saw the page and became concerned.

She said: "This is not only a joke. There are people on there who are advocating rape and there are people on there assumingly admissing to rape.

"Facebook is a poignant amicable force and it gives considerably a troubling photo of how they perspective women if breastfeeding is deliberate indecent and rape is not."

On its conditions and conditions Facebook said: "You will not post calm that is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nakedness or striking or tributary violence."

Orlagh and many plant encouragement charities dispute that this organisation breaches these rules.

They have proposed a request mission is to page to be removed.

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When initial contacted by the BBC in August, Facebook refused to eliminate the page adage the site longed for to enable liberty of expression.

"It is really critical to indicate out that what a person finds objectionable other can find entertaining, only as revelation a discourteous fun won't obtain you thrown out of your local pub, it won't obtain you thrown off Facebook," a matter said.

Some of the large companies that pay Facebook to publicize on the amicable networking site have asked for their adverts to be private from the group.

Sony, American Express and BlackBerry have had their final answered and in the last couple of days all promotion has been private on the group.

Despite this pressure Facebook has confirmed its position.

A serve matter said: "Groups or pages that demonstrate an viewpoint on a state, institution, or set of doctrine - even if that viewpoint is excessive or objectionable to a few - do not by themselves infringe our policies.

"These online discussions are a thoughtfulness of those going on offline, where conversations come about openly in people's homes, in cafes and on the telephone."

It mentioned that more than 800 million people around the world used Facebook as a place to confer and share things that are critical to them.

It states these may be about argumentative topics but does not meant they infringe its policies.

On the site many users urge the page.

Tinamarie Smith agrees with Facebook and mentioned it was about liberty of speech.

She said: "This organisation has nothing to do with rape its only a bit of fun if u do not similar to it then do not read it... I'm not adage rape is a great thing its really bad but when ur stressing someone about a fun then u really must be obtain a life."