Facebook on Friday said that it will begin allowing more graphic or potentially disturbing newsworthy posts to be shared at the leading online social network.
"We're going to begin allowing more items that people find newsworthy, significant, or important to public interest - even if they might otherwise violate our standards," Facebook vice presidents Joel Kaplan and Justin Osofsky said in a blog post.
They explained that they were working with the social network's community and partners on how exactly to recalibrate standards regarding which posts are deemed too offensive to allow.
"Our intent is to allow more images and stories without posing safety risks or showing graphic images to minors and others who do not want to see them," Kaplan and Osofsky said.
Facebook has become a major platform for sharing news stories, and that has come with criticism for censoring some content despite it having historical or editorial value.
Facebook boasts having some 1.7 billion users around the world.