Who decides whats offensive?

Twitter’s policyautomatically removes tweets containing abusive contentmeant to harass or intimidate someone.

Facebook also has content moderation practices in place.

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For example, the social networkdoes not allow self-harm images or content that glorifies eating disorders.

Who determines what is offensive?

Will users have to select from a list of topics they find offensive?

Will Facebook and Instagram decide what is offensive?

How will offensive even be defined?

Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida, said to Lifewire in an email.

Every single person has a different tolerance level, different attitudes, different tastes, she said.