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Viz Comic Blocked By Facebook

Satirical comic page Viz has had its Facebook page blocked. The popular British comic magazine’s page was taken down without an explanation. Recently Facebook has changed its guidelines regarding material that could be considered inappropriate by a user of the social network, and is frequently giving out warnings, deleting posts and pulling down pages without notice. Breaking News reports: The comic, owned by Dennis Publishing, tweeted an image of its official page complete with a message from Facebook explaining that it had been “unpublished” because it did not follow the site’s terms and community standards. The near 40-year-old comic is known for its strong language and adult humour while being a parody of titles such as the Beano. Viz responded to the Facebook closure in typical style via its Twitter account @vizcomic. Facebook have taken the Viz page down. We can appeal, but if we get it wrong, we’ll be “permanently deleted”. Oo-er. pic.twitter.com/r7llr1iIqK — Viz Comic (@vizcomic) February 16, 2016 Content can be removed from Facebook when it is reported as unsuitable by users. Ian Westwood, group managing director with Dennis Publishing, told The Guardian he was not aware what content had violated site rules. “We have had that [...]