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Facebook backs down, will no longer censor the iconic ‘Napalm Girl’ war photo
Washington Post
Sep 11 2016
Our Matthew Stender spoke to the Washington Post about Facebook's decision to stop banning the iconic 'Napalm Girl' war photo.
Of course we should be able to use social networks to protest against puritanical views about women’s bodies. And we need to defy the idea that the only acceptable images of women are those selected to suit the male gaze, or that men (or tech firms!) can be the ones to decide whether our nipples are sexual or not.
Leigh Alexander
You Need to Care About Facebook Censoring an Iconic Vietnam War Photo
Sep 9 2016
Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of nine-year-old Kim Phúc fleeing from a napalm attack during the Vietnam war is one of the most iconic pieces of ph...
Does social media have a censorship problem?
May 13 2016
Index on Censorship spoke with team members Jillian C. York and Matthew Stender.
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
Facebook Is Struggling To Control Groups Of Men Sharing Revenge Porn
Buzzfeed
Apr 14 2016
Two private groups for residents of Melbourne, Australia, are involved in a bitter online war involving racist comments, drugs, and “revenge” porn that Facebook...
Facebook’s censorship of Aboriginal bodies raises troubling ideas of ‘decency’
The Guardian
Mar 23 2016
Facebook happily hosts Kim Kardashian’s cleavage, but suspended users posting images of topless Aboriginal women for ‘violating community standards’.
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.
Facebook Censors a Bushwick Gallery Over Artist’s Toilet-Squatting Stunt
Bedford + Bowery
Jan 26 2016
Gallery owner Christopher Stout found his Facebook account frozen after posting an image of performance artist Lisa Levy sitting nude on a toilet.
Censorship in the social media age
Columbia Journalism Review
Jan 21 2016
Social media platforms dominate today’s information ecosystem.
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.