Users of the world's largest social network will now see an option to report a picture as inappropriate, specifically because it is a 'nude photo of me,' Facebook has announced.
The company has added tools to make it easier for users to report "revenge porn" and to automatically prevent the images from being shared once they have been banned.
Further, users who share these may see their accounts disabled.
"Revenge porn" refers to the sharing of sexually explicit images on the internet, without the consent of those depicted in the pictures, in order to extort or humiliate them.
Facebook has been sued in the United States and elsewhere by those who said the company should have done more to prevent the practice.
In 2015 the company made clear that images 'shared in revenge' were forbidden, and users have long had the ability to report posts as violating the terms of service.
The company also said it was launching an automated process to prevent the repeat sharing of banned images, meaning that photo-matching software will keep the pictures off the core Facebook network, as well as off its Instagram and Messenger services.
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