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Facebook Is Sorry for Taking Down a Photo of a Nude Neptune Statue (fortune.com)
Facebook has apologized for mistakenly blocking a photo of a famous statue for being "sexually explicit." From a report on Fortune: The social media giant flagged a photograph of a 16th-century statue of the sea god Neptune in the Italian city of Bologna. The picture of the sculpture -- which was created in the 1560s -- was featured on the Facebook page of local writer and art historian Elisa Barbari called "Stories, curiosities and view of Bologna." Facebook told Barbari that the picture violated the company's privacy policies. "It shows an image with content that is explicitly sexual and which excessively shows the body or unnecessarily concentrates on body parts," the company said in a statement. The company added: "The usage of images or video of nude bodies or plunging necklines is not allowed, even if the use is for artistic or educational reasons." Facebook later said that blocking the photo was a mistake.
oops we accidentally removed your verified news article that just happened to conflict with our corporate interests or political views....
As they said in the article they are processing million of images and that's expected to have some false positive. There is no way in the world a human can review every single photo posted. I think it's a story out of nothing special.
The problem isn't with Facebook. The problem is with society's inconsistent and contradictory values. In fact, I'd bet a significant percent of the United States would object to the Neptune statue while another significant percentage would not object to nude women. It is impossible to please both sides on this titillating issue.
A picture of a guy with his wang out is only ok on Facebook if it's rock hard?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Who still cares about this facebook nonsense ?
Facebook was yesterdays (fake) news. Can we please get on with our lives and talk about 'stuff that matters' now ?
Facebook is yesterdays (fake) news. Nobody I cares anymore about this waste of time. seriously.
I find their moves extremely offensive.
Why do they think what they did was correct?
But don't worry, hate-filled racist "jokes" and biased fake news stories are still A-OK. Facebook has it's priorities straight.
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If "the usage of images or video of nude bodies or plunging necklines is not allowed, even if the use is for artistic or educational reasons", then how was taking down that photo a mistake? That's exactly what it is.
But hey, wouldn't want people to see censorship for what it is, so better make an exception real quick!
Seriously? Puritanbook.
what they should be sorry for is the continued confusion of their very confusing nudity TOS rules. They say no nudity for any reason,then say sorry for removing a nude image....Is nudity allowed or not. Have the balls to enforce the rules you create zook or change them. Any problems FB has in this matter are of their own making by being balless cowards. I would hate to be working on thier abuse team.
Jack of all trades,master of none
Logic tells me a schlong is a schlong.
Sculpture or real, it should either be ok to post it or not okay to post it.
Personally, I think the over-reactive attitude we here in America have about human body parts is annoyingly illogical.
They have ads and movies with (omg, quick, cover your eyes!!!) bare breasts for everyone to see in parts of Europe, and the people in those countries seem to do just fine.
They meant to block a statue of Uranus. They just got the wrong god.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
When Lena Dunham saw how thin Neptune was, she reported it for fat-shaming.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
hooray for AI...
That is all.
So, you're good with "plunging necklines" being something that must be hidden from your poor, frightened eyes?
Facebook is your basic double-padded room for hysterical body-shamed twerps.
You be safe, now. And remember: if you're anywhere but on SafeBook, For Dog's Sake, CLOSE YOUR TENDER LITTLE EYES!
Their dead hand still rules American culture from the grave.
Most probably after we sent a pic of ours, you will have plucked your own eye out of their orbit, and ran away screaming off.
Is still censorship. Whether by a human looking and clicking, or by algorithm.
This behavior ( censorship ) is a sure sign of one of several thngs, all of which would cause a recommendation of psychiatric treatment.
Here is a synopsis:
1) We have to protect children, teens, students and the publc from anything not fitting into our own biases/morals/weaknesses.
2) I am in control here and I say what shall be shown/available/allowed. I get to decide this for everyone else on the planet.
3) This should be allowed/introduced later in their development.
4) This should be hidden because we are ashamed of it...
5) This must not be allowed because we will lose control...
Education, politics, religion, megalomanacs are all segments of the population or areas of human endeavor that engage in this type of behavior.
History books, news, and now the web. A definite negative thing for the human race.
So why did they unban the image then?
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
Look, Facebook is not a media or news outlet. It simply allows users to share content. True, different countries have different rules to what is legal. But once Facebook thinks that it should control content, it is on a downward spiral.
Soon, only your eyes can be visible since Puritans did ban females from having their hair uncovered.
Nudity != Sex.
Replacing women with masonry seems like a peculiar cause for liberal slashdot.
Oh, that's right. Liberals only pretend to care about women.