Facebook removes ABC’s ‘cheeky’ image
The ABC’s new branded promotional campaign #knowthestory has been has been removed by Facebook for violating its “community guidelines” because the campaign features nudity.
The image in question, part of a campaign for ABC News, shows a naked protester running past the parliament in Athens during a violent protest against the visit of Angela Merkel. The man’s bare backside is at the centre of the image.
A spokeswoman for the ABC told Mumbrella the organisation stands by the “cheeky” image. “The ABC stands by the image in the #knowthestory ABC News campaign,” said the spokeswoman.
“We acknowledge some people might find the image a bit cheeky but we believe it is a powerful and legitimate news image and feedback indicates that Australians are indeed interested to #knowthestory. The ABC is disappointed with Facebook and are continuing to ask them to reverse their decision”.
Facebook issued a statement to Mumbrella saying:
“We want Facebook to be a place where people can openly discuss issues and express their views, while respecting the rights and feelings of others. On Facebook, everyone agrees to our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR) when they create an account and these terms are linked to throughout the site.
“Our policies are designed strike a balance between giving people the ability to express themselves and maintaining a safe and trusted environment. Our SRR forbids content that includes pornography, bullying, and actionable threats of violence and we also impose limitations on the display of nudity. We remove any content reported to us that violates these policies. “
The policy states: “Facebook has a strict policy against the sharing of pornographic content and any explicitly sexual content where a minor is involved. We also impose limitations on the display of nudity. We aspire to respect people’s right to share content of personal importance, whether those are photos of a sculpture like Michelangelo’s David or family photos of a child breastfeeding.
The ABC said it was appealing tjhe decision and has noted that the campaign is running in a billboard outside its Sydney headquarters.
Nic Christensen
The fact that that photo is a moment of history should make it as exempt as the naked sculptures that the Facebook policy allows – or the breastfeeding other (no one needs to see that !!! Email it to your family for crying out loud !!)
Facebook has certainly lost its plot – they censored this yet shameless teens in skimpy clothing in lude or provocative poses.. soft pornography and dirty jokes with immeasurable innuendos are left to be aired ??
If one of my male friends “likes” a nude/racy/saucy/pornographic picture – it appears on my news-feed and this isn’t censored ?
Sure.. Let’s just play along with Facebook’s rules.. when Facebook wants.. on Facebook’s terms and conditions !
My best friend tried to post to my wall for my birthday this year and she was told that her post was “abusive and spammy” she screen capped her post and there was no profanity or spam to be seen…. *sigh*
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If he’ done that in Australia he’d be looking at 3 months in prison.
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But this is ok…..
https://www.facebook.com/bignaturalss
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Facebook is a bunch of hypocrites! They want to be more popish than the pope himself.
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There is a Facebook page with the heading “Tony Abbott Must Be Assassinated” but they think it’s ok.
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Further proof, if any is needed, that the USA should be renamed ‘Dumbfuckistan’
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@Groucho – Remember when US TV stations refused to run the Lara Bingle “Where the bloody hell are you?” tourism campaign, not because of “bloody” but because of “hell”. You also cannot use the word damn in some media in the US either.
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