Facebook takes a measure to address the concerns of mentally challenged people by reluctantly removing a social page.
Facebook has taken a measure to serve mentally challenged people. In recent times, a Facebook page was seen, which was formed for families unified against “autistic shooters”. It is uncertain whether the page’s administrator was humorous or serious, but the full page utilized a comically spiteful tone in its expanded set of false claims that could have not affected in any other manner other than to cause damage and harm to people suffering from autism.
Facebook News affirmed that within hours of the social page appearance, many requests were received by the social media enterprise to get rid of it. Apart from this, a petition was also submitted to demand its removal, which was signed by thousands of users.
The Californian company responded by claiming its position repeatedly that the page did not breach its standards or terms and conditions. Facebook News today reported that in its standards, the company stated that it wants “people to feel safe when they use Facebook.” Yet it permitted that page to exist, with false statements passed regarding autistic people, published for ensuring that this group is marginalized and stigmatized.
Facebook Breaking News informed that no autistic person and no relative of any autistic person could feel “safe” on the social media platform with this type of visibly available page, which succeeded in getting more than 200 likes just before its removal, while making such kinds of statements accessible to everyone.
Media sources have reported that autism was previously discussed on the social network when an actor, Kelvin Moon Loh, was praised for defending an autistic child. In a show called "The King And I", a child suffering from this mental problem yelled during a silent moment in the show. Moon heard people saying, “Why would you bring a child like that to the theater?”
Nevertheless, in a post shared on the Facebook that presently has thousands of shares and likes, Loh explained his concern for mother and her child. He relaxed her son and delayed his own performance. People praised the intention and support of the actor.
Loh’s sympathy was appreciated by a blogger named Jennifer Bittner, mother of an autistic child. One could say that the removal of the page would improve the social media company’s image among such people. The network is responsible for propagating and disseminating information on a huge scale. Thus, existence of such pages can injure the esteem of challenged people.
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