"Facebook search predictions are representative of what people may be searching for on Facebook and are not necessarily reflective of actual content on the platform.
"We do not allow sexually explicit imagery, and we are committed to keeping such content off of our site.
"We are looking into why these search predictions appeared, and going forward, we're working to improve the quality of search predictions."
Earlier this month, the network was blasted for appearing to condone paedophilia by including a strange question in a survey it asked a select group of users to complete.
The question asked users their opinion on how Facebook should ideally handle a case in which a male adult solicits sexual pictures from an underage girl on the website.
After the question was posted to social media it prompted a swift backlash, and Facebook pulled the survey.
In an official statement, the network reiterated that it did not intend to change its position on content that pertains to pornography or paedophilia.