Facebook refused to take down photos of dead woman killed by her boyfriend

[Khadgar]

Facebook is really dropping the ball these days.

Kenneth Alan Amyx allegedly posted images of dead girlfriend to Facebook

He also posted a picture of his own face covered in her blood, police say

Family called police after they saw the pictures and Amyx was arrested

They asked Facebook to remove the photos but the site didn't for 36 hours

Facebook said the images didn't violate the site's terms and conditions

A Texas man is accused of murdering his girlfriend and posting pictures of the grisly scene to Facebook.

Kenneth Alan Amyx, 45, allegedly posted two photos of the murder to the Facebook of his girlfriend 43-year-old Jennifer Streit-Spears on Sunday.

The first showed Steit-Spears' dead body. The second showed a man's face, police believe is Amyx's, covered in blood.
The caption read 'Please pray for us', according to the New York Daily News.

Streit-Spears' sister saw the pictures and called police, who had to force their way into the couple's apartment.

Inside they found Streit-Spears stabbed to death and Amyx alive with knife wounds police believe were self-inflicted, according to CBS11.
Amyx was arrested and taken to the Collins County Jail.

A friend of Steit-Spears saw the picture and was horrified by the gruesome images.

'The pictures were not clear although they were extremely scary I just started to reach out to our mutual friends to see if they've heard anything,' Fran Stamey told CBS11.

The images stayed on Facebook for nearly 36 hours and took multiple attempts by the family to have removed.

Streit-Spears sister, who told The Daily Dot she wished to remain anonymous, said she was given limited options to have the pictures taken down.
'I did ask them to remove it several times. They told me I could block Jennifer if I didn't like what she posted and gave me other similar options,' she told The Daily Dot.

A spokesperson for Facebook defended their actions to CBS11, saying graphic photos are not a violation of Facebook’s policy and even though they were flagged, they could not be removed until monitors determined Spears profile was hacked.

Amyx was previously convicted of ongoing sexual abuse of a child under age 14 in Rockwall County, as well indecent exposure to a child in Dallas County, according to inmate records.

Amyx has been charged with murder and his bond is set at $600,000.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...onditions.html

[TwoNineMarine]

Facebook be Facebooking.

[Radaney]

So they did do it?

36 hours is a piss take though.

[Gib Lover]

I've reported some truly horrific images and very explicit specific death threats on Facebook only to get "lol this doesn't violate anything y you mad tho"

[ItachiZaku]

Well, was she fat or in a bikini? If not, it'll be a minute.

[Deleted]

Facebook should rule over a country and be independent. Because they have more approval and users than any government.

[I Push Buttons]

I've reported some truly horrific images and very explicit specific death threats on Facebook only to get "lol this doesn't violate anything y you mad tho"

Maybe you should report death threats to the police instead of Facebook.

[Gib Lover]

Maybe you should report death threats to the police instead of Facebook.

Nah, I don't care if they actually get punished. I just want to get them banned from Facebook to irritate them.

[lazypeon100]

I like how they wouldn't take it down until they confirmed her account was hacked.

Because it was clearly her posting those pictures even though she was clearly dead. /s

[chubbybunny]

I'm glad I've quit facebook 3 years ago, even asked them to delete all my information to wipe my life from it..

[Gumboy]

She was dating someone who was a serial child rapist. Uhhh...minor red flag there.

[Deleted]

I've reported some truly horrific images and very explicit specific death threats on Facebook only to get "lol this doesn't violate anything y you mad tho"

I don't think anything violates Facebook's terms. I reported a video of somebody torturing their pet once and got the same canned reply.

[Daethz]

Yet they will gladly remove any conservative speech immediately.

[Shinra1]

They removed it so what's the big deal? The family of the woman have bigger things to concern themselves with than a pic on a social media.

[Rooflesstoofless]

Amyx was previously convicted of ongoing sexual abuse of a child under age 14 in Rockwall County, as well indecent exposure to a child in Dallas County, according to inmate records.

This qualifies as something the woman should have taken the time to figure out on her own ahead of time. Those red flags could have saved her life. You can't expect FB to do much about pictures unless they are dead brown people.

[May90]

Well, if their policies say that it doesn't violate anything, then it makes sense. Then again, they are known to have removed much less nasty photos, so their policies seem to be pretty weird.

[lazypeon100]

Well, if their policies say that it doesn't violate anything, then it makes sense. Then again, they are known to have removed much less nasty photos, so their policies seem to be pretty weird.

I mean, I think they were honestly just being dumb and gave an excuse for their behavior. They said they couldn't take it down until they knew the account was hacked. But the woman was dead in said pictures, so they know for a fact that she couldn't have been the one posting them.

Plus, who leaves up pictures of someone who was just murdered?