Facebook and Instagram prohibit the use of eggplant and peach symbols in sensitive content

Facebook and Instagram both prohibit the use of certain emoticons in the updated community standards.

In particular, eggplant and peach are 2 emojis banned from use in many types of sensitive content. Accordingly, if a user posts a solicitation comment, chat sex or request nudity . with sex symbol (eggplant or peach), the content will be removed.

Facebook said that in addition to banning some sensitive emojis, they will also apply other measures to restrict 18+ content on this social network.

However, the symbol of eggplant or peach can still be used to annotate, not disappear. Users can still use them in comments not related to sex or nudity.

The move to ban emoji and eggplant from Facebook and Instagram is causing much controversy on forums. Some users find Facebook's new community standard quite humorous. Some users even said that if Faceboook banned the eggplant peaches because they thought they meant sex, perhaps symbols such as bananas, carrots, hot dogs . should also be banned.

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