Facebook's nudity and violence guidelines are laid bare
Nipples are rude but
crushed limbs are OK – a document leak has revealed the social
network's attitudes to sex and violence
Facebook bans images of breastfeeding if nipples are exposed – but allows "graphic images" of animals if shown "in the context of food processing or hunting as it occurs in nature". Equally, pictures of bodily fluids – except semen – are allowed as long as no human is included in the picture; but "deep flesh wounds" and "crushed heads, limbs" are OK ("as long as no insides are showing"), as are images of people using marijuana but not those of "drunk or unconscious" people.
The strange world of Facebook's image and post approval
system has been laid bare by a document leaked from the
outsourcing company oDesk to the Gawker website, which indicates
that the sometimes arbitrary nature of picture and post approval
actually has a meticulous – if faintly gore-friendly and
nipple-unfriendly – approach.
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Continua qui:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/21/facebook-nudity-violence-censorship-guidelines