censorship
Facebook’s AI flags Auschwitz memorial photos for “nudity” and “bullying”
Apr 30, 2024
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facebook has had absurd image censorship in the past, including a classic painting, an ancient Roman statue, and the Venus of Willendorf. While all of…
Google adds auto blur feature to any explicit image even if SafeSearch is turned off
Feb 9, 2023
Alex Baker
Google is rolling out a safer image search feature over the coming months that will blur any images that it deems explicit. It will apparently…
Facebook and Instagram told to stop censoring female nipples by advisory board
Jan 19, 2023
Alex Baker
The advisory board for Meta has informed Facebook and Instagram that they need to reverse their policy of censorship of bare breasts on the platforms….
Award-winning photographer has exhibition with Helmut Newton censored for her same sex imagery
Oct 14, 2022
Alex Baker
An internationally acclaimed photographer has told of her frustration and disappointment after a Barcelona art museum censored her prestigious concurrent exhibition with images by Helmut…
Russia bans Facebook and Instagram after Meta allows violent posts against Russians
Mar 14, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Earlier this month, Russia decided to ban Facebook citing “discrimination against Russian media.” But as of today, Instagram is banned in this country, too. One…
Instagram removes Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” movie poster due to a lactating nipple [NSFW]
Aug 12, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
One of many double standards oddities of Instagram is that it doesn’t allow nipples, but only if they’re female. Not even a famous movie director…
Instagram accused of “double standards”, “fat-shaming” after banning parody image but not the original [NSFW]
Oct 21, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
No matter how hard some influencers try to debunk the myth of “the perfect body,” there will always be those who promote it. Heck, even…
YouTube flags famous photo “Napalm Girl” because it “violates Child Safety Policy”
Jan 8, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facebook has gone under fire a few times so far for censoring “nude” images that are artistic, iconic, or merely show nude statues. And after…
Facebook to reconsider its nudity policy after photographers’ outcry
Jun 6, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facebook has the policy to ban photographic nudity, which has been a problem for many photographers who share their work on Facebook and Instagram. But…
Facebook thinks Irving Penn’s work is pornography, censors it for nudity
Sep 10, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facebook has had some pretty weird cases of censoring works of art before. This time, photos taken by iconic photographer Irving Penn were censored because,…