Facebook censorship and internet porn
Jon Louis Mann <net_democracy-/[email protected]>
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> ..."net nanny" software block and report any > search for any string containing the word "breast" > ...that may prevent a woman from learning how to > examine herself for cancer or her options if she > is diagnosed... > ...policy of removing pictures of breastfeeding. I > know of a few images that disappeared even though > they were privacy-restricted in such a way that the > only possible audience was clothing-optional-aware > and I doubt there were any complaints to speak of, > so I may very well be wrong. The rules seem to be > somewhat variable, and the only consistent cases > seem to be ones with one or both nipples visible. > one friend who pushed that about as close to the > limit as they seem to tolerate -- the one of her > in *only* a skirt and pasties is still up... > Charlie thanks for the link, charlie all is explained: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/breastfeeding-facebook-photos/ i found this on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=39521488436 evidently there are a lot of riled up women about this. evidently, some few were using breastfeeding as a way around the facebook restriction on frontal nudity. i still think this is a tempest in a teapot. personally, i think free speech is being abused on the internet. i do not want my eight year old to accidentally access porn when clicking on some spam site, or by googling white house. i don't want to censor the internet, but perhaps there should be a separate internet isolating any porn related material? jon