Scrutiny over Facebook‘s censorship policies look set to rumble on in 2017, with the social network facing backlash for blocking a picture of a 16th-century statue of Neptune, which it deemed “sexually explicit”.
Bolognian writer Elisa Barbari posted a picture of the sculpture, which stands in the city’s Piazza del Nettuno, to feature on her Facebook Page ‘Stories, curiosities and views of Bologna’ but was shocked when the social network said the image violated its guidelines.
In a standard message Facebook told Barbari that the photo of the nude Renaissance art was “explicitly sexual,” adding: “The use of images or Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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