Tag: content removal

Facebook Clarifies Policy on Graphic Content
Facebook says that when it comes to graphic, violent content posted on the site, they're going to start taking a more "holistic" approach. We told you earlier this week that Fa...
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Facebook Reverses Ban on Graphic Beheading Videos [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Facebook confirmed that users can share these types of videos as long as they're not encouraging the activity, and a spokesperson also told me that the com...
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Facebook Really Hates Anything Related to Boobies
If you're an artist or a breastfeeding mother, you're probably well aware that Facebook isn't too...
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Facebook to Pull All Ads from Pages with ‘Violent, Graphic, or Sexual Content’
Starting next Monday, if you operate a page or group that contains any violent, graphic, or sexual content, you're going on Facebook's blacklist for ads. In an effort to assure...
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Google Warns ‘Adult’ Bloggers with Porn Ads of Imminent Takedown [UPDATED]
It looks like Google is getting ready to crack down on adult content on Blogger - or at least those who profit from promoting adult content on Blogger. Blogger users who have id...
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Facebook Allows Mastectomy Photos Following Public Outcry, Petition
Facebook has a breast phobia. Anyone who's attempted to post art,...
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Facebook Won’t Pull Shockingly Graphic Indian Prostitution Page [UPDATED]
UPDATE: It looks like Facebook has removed the page, as I thought they would. But it was still active for a long time, and Facebook did delay in yanking it even af...
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Gay Marriage Photo Yanked (then Restored) in Another Instance of Facebook’s Flawed Content Removal System at Work
Facebook is (once again) in the middle of a content removal drama - except this time is doesn't have anything to do with breastfeeding, racy cartoons, art, exposed nipples, or raci...
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Facebook Restores That Nipple/Elbow Photo
Yesterday we told you about Facebook's latest act of severe breast phobia, as the...
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This Photo of an Elbow Is Too Hot for Facebook
In the past, we've been pretty critical of Facebook's breast phobia (and its policies relatin...
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Google Caves, Will Block Contested YouTube Video in Brazil
After running out of appeal options, Google's Director in Brazil Fabio Coelho has announced that Google will in fact block access to certain disputed videos in the country. Co...
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Google’s President of Operations Arrested in Brazil over YouTube Spat, According to Reports [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Google has not commented on Coelho, but a spokesperson told me that they are taking action on the ruling to remove the aforementioned videos: "Google is...
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Brazil Judge Orders Arrest of Google President of Operations over Video Removal Request
In another international case of countries attempting to hold companies responsible for "offensive" content hosted by one of their sites, a Brazilian judge has actually ordered the...
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Banned New Yorker Cartoon Provides the Most Ridiculous Example of Facebook’s Breast Phobia Yet [UPDATED]
In a move that pays tribute to the Justice Department's 2002 decision to throw drapes over the Spirit of Justic...
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Facebook Continues To Yank Breastfeeding Photos
Another day, another set of breastfeeding images removed from Facebook. This time, the affected group of breastfeeding activists hail from the...
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