FACEBOOK’S new policy on sex chat could get you all hot and bothered – but for all the wrong reasons.

The social media giant has tightened up is content-moderation policies to stop people talking dirty.

It has now specifically banned “sexual slang” as well as any hint of “sexual roles, positions or fetish scenarios”.

3 Facebook has come under fire for its new policy Credit: AP:Associated Press

Even simply mentioning “looking for a good time tonight” when soliciting for sex is out.

The US company updated its “sexual solicitation” policy on October 15 but it is only now that users have started to take notice.

Many social media users think the California company, run by its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, has gone too far, calling it “horrifying”.

One commentator on Twitter wrote: “Facebook's new ‘sexual solicitation’ policy is horrifying. It bans, among other things, erotic art (even non-explicit), talking about kink, talking about your boobs or butt, mentioning your preferences in sexual partners, ‘sexualized slang,’ and ‘vague suggestive statements.’”

3 Talking about your sexual preferences on Facebook could be against their community standards Credit: Alamy

3 Facebook's new community standards on sexual solicitation Credit: Facebook

Facebook's community standards on sexual solicitation appear to ban saying "I'm gay": https://t.co/P14kxTHD3R This seems worthy of correction, @facebook. pic.twitter.com/ii3PPgAX0T — Laurie Voss (@seldo) December 5, 2018

Jennifer Scheurle wrote: “Facebook’s updated community standards are f***ing WILD! Stating your sexual orientation is now literally against the rules and is seen as solicitation. Also butts are not ok anymore either. F**k this so much. Everything about it.”

Laurie Voss said: “Facebook’s community standards on sexual solicitation appear to ban saying ‘I’m gay’. This seems worthy of correction @facebook.”

A Facebook spokeswoman told The Sun Online: "Stating one's sexual preference or partner preference does not violate our policies around sexual solicitation.

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"Sexual solicitation as we have defined it in our Community Standards also requires 'offering or asking to engage in a sexual act'.

"In writing our Community Standards our goal is always to ensure the safety of people who use Facebook - people who vary in age and who come from very different cultures, with different sensitives.

"We are always working to improve our policies and provide clarity and additional context where necessary.

"In the coming months, we plan to add more detail to our Sexual Solicitation policy based on feedback we've heard to date."