Facebook Censors Photo of Gay Porn Star Kissing Husband

CYBERSPACE—Facebook, please, get your algorithms in order. Last week, you thought a corporate marketing expert was associated with a porn star because they both have red hair. This week, you take down a photo of two men kissing because it violated Community Standards. Seriously, what community standard exactly did the photo violate; the one that says that Facebook is disgusted by all kissing or just men kissing? What about women kissing? Is that disgusting, or does it depend on how many people complain? Is the algorithm susceptible to mob rule? Of course, it may also have been the fact that the photo was posted by gay porn star, Titan Men exclusive Jesse Jackman, who told sfist.com that in the aftermath of posting the picture of him kissing husband Dirk Caber, “I received multiple public death threats after posting this photo, endured countless homophobic slurs, and received dozens upon dozens of hate-filled messages, and yet Facebook did nothing about those disgusting comments, choosing to censor love instead of hate… This is a travesty. Hate must not be allowed to prevail in this world.” Jackman also took to Twitter to express his amazement at the censorship for something so sweet as a kiss (albeit a rather lusty one, taken from a Titan flick), and then the story went kind of viral, with HuffPo also taking stock. Eventually, Facebook started paying attention and walked it back. "As our team processes more than one million reports each week, we occasionally make a mistake," Facebook told the site. "In this case, we mistakenly removed content and worked to rectify the mistake as soon as we were notified. We apologize for the inconvenience caused due to the removal of this content." Yeah, fine, but actually it’s kind of more than just an “inconvenience,” and it would also be helpful for people to know exactly how this mistake happened, because truth be told, we’re not that sure it happens only “occasionally.” Image: The Facebook offending photo, and Jesse jackman.