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Blocked and banned by social media: When is it censorship?

San Francisco Chronicle

Aug 30 2016

In the San Francisco Chronicle, Marissa Lang explores whether bans on social media platforms ever amount to censorship.

Onlinecensorship.org, for me, was about drawing attention to how social media censorship disproportionately affects marginalized communities. The communities that could most benefit from protected spaces online are being excluded from participation.

Ramzi Jaber

The Secret Rules of the Internet

The Verge

Apr 16 2016

The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech

Why artist Shelby Sells can’t stop getting censored

Detroit Metro Times

Jan 27 2016

Shelby Sells is an artist whose "glitterotica" images—vintage porn digitally superimposed with sparkles—are regularly censored from social media.

What does censoring nude art say about us?

GLOBAL VOICES

Apr 16 2015

The nude, one of the oldest and most recurrent subjects in the art world, has led to the suspension of many Facebook accounts over the years.

#art #nudity

Facebook content guidelines are indicative of a normative perspective on women that is simultaneously both sanitized and sexualized.

Sarah Myers West

Instagram bans photos for showing menstruation

FEMINISTING

Mar 27 2015

In taking down Kaur’s photos, Instagram promotes a long tradition of shaming people who menstruate, as though their bodies are naturally dirty.

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