Facebook removes beheading video, updates image standards
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc removed a video of a woman being beheaded from its website on Tuesday and said it would use a broader set of criteria to determine when gory videos are permitted on the...
View ArticleFacebook removes beheading video, updates violent images standards
Facebook Inc removed a video of a woman being beheaded from its website on Tuesday and said it would use a broader set of criteria to determine when gory videos are permitted on the site. The move...
View ArticleFacebook removes beheading video and updates violent images standards
Facebook removed a video of a woman being beheaded from its website on Tuesday and said it would use a broader set of criteria to determine when gory videos are permitted on the site. The move came a...
View ArticleFacebook removes beheading video, changes violent images standard (Video)
According to NBC News on Wednesday, Facebook has enacted a murky, case-by-case policy on violent content, setting the company on a precarious path. Facebook Inc removed a video of a woman being...
View ArticleFacebook's changing standards: from beheading to breastfeeding images
Latest controversy about what the social networking site will or won't allow its users to share has echoes of previous rows In 2012, Facebook’s image censorship guidelines were leaked, revealing that...
View ArticleFascist Facebook?
Is Facebook flirting with fascism? The question might prove difficult to answer with a resounding “yes or no,” but, to those who have been keeping track of its recent censorship practices, the answer...
View ArticleWhy is she walking around NYC topless?
Scout Willis strolled topless through the streets of New York City earlier this week to protest social media censorship - specifically its continued resistance to nipples - then posted pictures of...
View ArticleFacebook Changes Breast-feeding Mothers Photo Policy
Note: Some images in this post contain nudity. Two weeks ago, if a photograph of an actively breast-feeding mother with nipples exposed was shared in Facebook, that photograph would have violated the...
View ArticleFacebook slaps ban on buttocks
Facebook has created a new rule book that tells users the sort of content they can and can't post on the site, including a ban on images of buttocks. [TICON-A VIDEO] The social network has been...
View ArticleFacebook forced to reinstate image of breastfeeding mum after photograph goes...
Facebook has been forced to reinstate an image of a mother breastfeeding her severely premature baby for the first time after the photograph went viral and attracted thousands of supporters. Emma Bond,...
View ArticleRosamund Urwin: It's not feminist to destroy girls in the womb
I'm not a proper feminist, apparently. My failing became clear this week when a high-profile fellow commentator declared that if you want to limit abortion for any reason, you don’t believe in female...
View ArticleInstagram updates posting guidelines: butts are out, breastfeeding is in
Instagram has updated its community guidelines, adding harsher language on nudity and discrimination and making clear what kind of nudity is and isn’t allowed. The new guidelines ban posts featuring...
View ArticleFacebook clarifies policy on nudity, hate speech and other community standards
Social network’s updated guidelines also cover self-harm, bullying and harassment, violence and graphic content ...
View Article'Free The Nipple' Trailer Shows Women Fighting For Equality Through The Right...
"Free The Nipple" started as a campaign to promote women's equal right to go topless in public -- a right that men have always had. Nothing anoints a social movement like a semi-fictional narrative,...
View ArticleFacebook's nudity standards: Nipples, fully exposed buttocks are not OK
Facebook has made a significant update to its Community Standards page, explaining in detail what's acceptable to share on the social network — including clarifications on nudity, hate speech, bullying...
View ArticleFacebook's U-turn over breastfeeding photo 'positive'
Facebook's U-turn after deleting a photograph of a mother breastfeeding her baby is a positive step towards social acceptance, advocates say. British mother-of-two Emma Bond, 24, on Sunday posted an...
View ArticleWomen Take On Body Censorship With Help From Male Nipples And Photoshop
Male nipples are having a moment, and it’s surprisingly all in the name of female body censorship. Last June, artist Micol Hebron posted an image of a male nipple on Facebook and suggested that women...
View Article#FreeTheNipple: Facebook allows breast feeding photos in change to nudity and...
Facebook has changed its community guidelines to allow users to post photos of breastfeeding. The change comes as the wide-ranging #FreeTheNipple online campaign has built pace in its attack against...
View ArticleFacebook breastfeeding photos violate FCC? Nursing pics cause double-sided drama
Facebook breastfeeding photos cause double-sided drama and have for some time. Some nursing moms protested WCPO for "censoring" images of women breastfeeding, reported that station on August 17....
View Article‘Free The Nipple’: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right to Go Topless
A new film blurs the lines of art and real life as it follows the social-media fight for women’s right to go topless. In a world where the genitalia of millions of women are mutilated every year to...
View ArticleChanging Our View of Women's Breasts
Would you wear The TaTa Top? It's inspired, in part, by the #FreetheNipple movement, an effort to achieve greater gender equality. The hashtag comes from the movie Free The Nipple. The film questions...
View ArticleIs misogyny worse now than before the internet?
Earlier this week, Monica Lewinsky wrote about being "possibly the first person whose global humiliation was driven by the internet" (recalling the biting sexism she experienced in the late 1990s), and...
View ArticleWhen it comes to nudity, Facebook is little different than Victorian England
When Frédéric Durand-Baïssas shared Gustave Courbet’s The Origin of the World on Facebook, he probably didn’t expect that the painting – a close-up view of a nude woman’s genitals and abdomen – would...
View ArticleInstagram’s Period Wars
When a woman posted an Instagram photo holding a used menstrual cup, it sparked a debate about periods. Why should they be endured but hidden—even censored—from sight? Shop ▾ On August 16th, Louelle...
View ArticleI'm not a 'Nipple Nazi', I'm a breastfeeding counsellor
Her baby is nine days old when she calls. In a voice thickened with tears: “He’s lost weight, the midwife says I have to give him formula.”...
View ArticleAustralian TV show blames victims of leaked nude photos
The Australian morning show Sunrise has been accused of victim shaming, after a Facebook post regarding a nude photo leak essentially asked: When will women learn? After more than 400 illicit photos of...
View ArticleChelsea Handler uses topless Vladimir Putin photo to highlight Instagram...
Chelsea Handler shared a photo of herself imitating a topless pose of Vladimir Putin to illustrate Instagram’s gender-specific double standards on nudity. The comedian and actress posted an image of...
View Article#FreeTheNipple uses male nipples to protest Facebook’s nudity policy
Nipple freedom fighters are making a mockery of social media sites that deem women’s nipples unacceptable — by covering them with acceptable male versions. The celebrity-backed #FreeTheNipple campaign...
View ArticleInstagram Will Finally Allow Breastfeeding Photos
It's now crystal clear: You are not allowed to harass people on Instagram, and you're generally not allowed to show your nipples if you're a woman. An update to the Facebook-owned social network's...
View ArticleThe reader's editor on… the online abuse that follows any article on women's...
It was one of the more striking remarks of last week, even though it was born out of the recognition of an unpleasant theme that runs through the web. Charlie Leadbeater, a former adviser to the Labour...
View ArticleFacebook removes beheading video, updates iimage standards
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc removed a video of a woman being beheaded from its website on Tuesday and said it would use a broader set of criteria to determine when gory videos are permitted on the...
View ArticleFree the Nipple Aims to Topple Inequality in America
It's January 31st and I have 15 days left to raise over $200,000 dollars. Since I began crowdfunding last month to finish my feature film Free the Nipple and launch a campaign to decriminalize the...
View ArticleFacebook tightens restrictions on sharing violent images, removes beheading...
Facebook: Tightening restrictions on posting images of graphic violence. Photo: Reuters Facebook has removed a video of a woman being beheaded and said it would tighten restrictions on gory videos...
View ArticleYoung mum labelled a 'tramp' for breastfeeding daughter in public
A mother of two has launched a breastfeeding protest after being labelled a tramp online for feeding her daughter in public. Emily Slough, 27, launched her campaign after a picture of her feeding...
View ArticleThe fourth wave of feminism: meet the rebel women
The women's movement may have been in hiding through the 'ladette' years, but in 2013 it has come back with a vengeance. Introducing the new feminists, taking the struggle to the web – and the streets...
View ArticleFacebook Wages War on the Nipple
In what year did it become legal in the United States for men to go topless on a public beach without being arrested and/or fined by the police? A) 1889 B) 1936 C) 1941 D) It's always been legal In a...
View ArticleFacebook’s content crackdown: No butt pictures, please
Breastfeeding pictures are fine, butt shots are not. Got it? Facebook is taking steps to help users better understand how it handles nudity, terrorist groups and other controversial behavior on the...
View ArticleWhy women are Photoshopping men's nipples onto their Instagram selfies
Women across the globe are posting pictures of themselves bare-chested with male nipples photoshopped onto their own to protest current social media policies that allow pictures of men showing their...
View ArticleOswestry mum's breastfeeding photo deleted by Facebook
A photograph of a mother breastfeeding her premature baby has gone viral after it was deleted by Facebook. Emma Bond's picture of her feeding newborn Carene was removed after complaints it contained...
View ArticleFacebook pulls clip for ABC show '8MMM', claiming images of Aboriginal women...
A still from the ABC clip which Facebook removed. Photo: YouTube Facebook has pulled a video promoting an ABC TV show because images of Aboriginal women painted in ochre offended the website's nudity...
View ArticleFacebook: Breastfeeding photos that bare all are OK
After pressure from a parenting blogger and the #FreeTheNipple campaign, Facebook has changed its community standards to give moderators more leeway in using common sense. by 13 June 2014 6:57 PM BST...
View ArticleAfter Cologne, we can't let the bigots steal feminism
Why can't we always take sexual assault as seriously as we do when migrants and Muslims are involved as perpetrators? " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
View ArticleFacebook Clarifies Policies on Nudity, Hate Speech & Other Community Standards
Facebook has always had "community standards" that govern what can and can't be posted and how it will deal with users that fail to follow its terms of service. Periodically the company updates these...
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