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“Bulging Nipples” in New Yorker Cartoon Draw Facebook Censorship

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Bulging nipples are definitely not appropriate for mixed company, a.k.a. The Facebook. Even if they are microscopic in size. Even if they are drawings and especially if they are on Eve. Or so determined Facebook this week when it suspended … Continue reading →

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Art Censorship in 2011: Nudity, Sexuality, Religion, Politics, and… Meat?!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

2012 has already brought a few cases of censored art to our attention: Microsoft Skydrive froze UK blogger Michael Ohajuru‘s storage account because Modigliani’s painting “Reclining Nude” violated Microsoft’s Code of Conduct which prohibits images that “depict nudity of any sort”; and İzmir … Continue reading →

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Who’s censoring Facebook: The powers that be or the forces of the mob?

Posted on January 6, 2009 by

Recently, there have been reports that content involving the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict is mysteriously disappearing from Facebook. The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) has complained that “many threads in various pro-Israel and pro-JIDF groups have mysteriously disappeared,” while others have … Continue reading →

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