A Facebook spokesperson said that there was nothing the site could do about these images, as they are treated in the same way as a link, rather than content on a profile.
“If it were a Facebook profile that featured anti-Semitic or racist content that violated the Facebook terms of use, then we could take the profile down, as we have done many times,” they said. “In this case, however, the content is posted not to Facebook, but on another site.”
A Giphy representative said: “Giphy’s goal has always been to be a safe and fun place to explore all the GIFs on the internet but, every once in a while, an offensive GIF will sneak through the cracks. These GIFs are not endorsed or promoted by Giphy in the least,” the company’s email said.
