The company said it would begin rolling out changes immediately after it became "clear that our systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work as effectively as we would like".
Facebook has been involved in a number of recent rows over content.
At the beginning of May, it reversed a decision not to remove a video which showed a man being beheaded as it did not break the social network's policy.
Following this most recent outcry, Ms Levine (Marne Levine, Facebook's vice president of Global Public Policy) put forward several changes the social network would be making.
She said Facebook would consult lawyers and interest groups to upgrade its guidelines on removing hate speech.
Training of staff will be stepped up, again by working with interest groups to ensure coaching is appropriate.
Facebook also pledged to work to make sure the posters of such material were made to "stand behind the content they create" so that other users could hold them accountable.
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