Traditional faggots. Image - Marie Wurm/ Getty Images FACEBOOK has issued an apology after a local history group was warned it faced axing from the social media platform for ongoing discussions about faggots and peas. Admins of the Pensnett, Brierley Hill and Black Country Now and Then group on Facebook warned members they faced having their posts deleted and that the group itself could be shut down following repeated so-called breaches of the platform s community standards. The word faggots raised alarm bells and prompted warnings from the California based tech company as the term is widely used in a derogative way about gay people in the US.