Facebook removes photo of two men kissing
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@ultimate:
Maybe the picture of Hitler was there to prove some political point, or whatever
if the person has friends on there, that's his business.Of course, but you do know that Hitler's pic/s remind people holocaust, shoah, political hate and such.
If you, Facebook, says that your duty is to watch EVERY pic that can be outrageous, worse and worst, so you should close groups that make people say "Hail to racism and hate!".
Until now it seems that on Facebook we're having two different way of acting and that's not good
Grazie, ultimate (for having a hot avatar) and proving a point. The mere mention of Hitler has an effect not only his image. And someone with the name "Zuckerberg" is he of German/Jewish decent? (well certainly, according to this: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg]) You'd think he'd be more interested in having such negative images removed before being concerned with two men kissing!
I just don't understand people, and I think I've lost where I was going with my point, but anyway …
I'll get back to you, I just need some air. LOL -
Facebook Apologizes For Censoring Gay Kiss Photo
Two men kissing: too risque for Facebook?
The social network recently removed a picture of a gay kiss for allegedly violating its terms of use, which state, "You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence."
The photo in question (see it here) accompanied a Facebook page calling for a "kiss-in" protest for an incident at a pub, where a gay couple was ousted for kissing (the landlady deemed the act "obscene").
Facebook has since re-instated the page, and apologized for the error in a statement.
"The photo in question does not violate our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and was removed in error," the statement read.
The removed picture, a promo pic from the soap opera Eastenders, contained no nudity or graphic sexuality, but the event has sparked outrage from users wondering why a photo of two fully clothed men engaging in a kiss would be flagged. Already, Facebook pages have been set up where users have flooded the feed with more pictures of same-sex kisses. A gay kiss-in to protest the act has also been organized.
Especially curious is the fact that Facebook does not remove every picture flagged as inappropriate. According to them, a "Facebook administrator looks into each report thoroughly in order to decide the appropriate course of action. If no violation of our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities has occurred, then no action will be taken," suggesting that a person, not a program, may have removed the picture.
"Facebook has said that it was a mistake to remove the picture," reads a post from the event protesting the removal. "Mistake or malicious, it shouldn't have happened. Many people have been affected."
Facebook also ran into trouble when they recently removed a photo of the 1866 painting "The Origin of the World" by Gustave Courbet, which is a representation of female genitalia, and deleted the user's account. The man is now suing the site for causing him to miss messages on the eve of his birthday. Facebook previously removed the same painting, and deactivated the accounts, of two other users: a Danish artist whose profile was reinstated on the condition that he post no more nudes, and a French writer who changed his profile picture to the painting in support.
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a "Mistake"? :lolp: That's too funny!
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:true:
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Facebook has since re-instated the page, and apologized for the error in a statement.
"The photo in question does not violate our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and was removed in error," the statement read.
Wow, now they recognize the mistake after lots of trouble had worldwide?
Ahahahahaha, on Facebook work a bunch of idi*ts…
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I don't think it was a "mistake".
I think they had a rule to remove any gay related stuff that got reported. Usually it would work because most people don't have their own blog to get the news out. They only changed their minds because of all the bad publicity they received.
You also have to consider that it's illegal to discriminate in the EU, like this. So Facebook could have received a huge fine for this or been banned in the EU or possibly both.
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Too bad that didn't happen; I would have added that as another GREAT reason to move to the EU
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hello form barbados this one really has me i just never get it
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avalonmoore,
i don't understand what you said. but hello right back!
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He doesn't understand why Facebook did what it did.
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I don't think anyone ever will…
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