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February 9, 2016: Facebook thinks ice cream cones are too sexy
A pop art painting by Evelyne Axell used by Philadelphia’s Museum of Art to market an upcoming exhibit was removed by Facebook for containing “suggestive content.” The 1964 painting, entitled “Ice...
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February 16, 2016: Facebook must face up to French censorship
Facebook’s decision to temporarily block the page of Kashmiri cartoonist Mir Suhail over one of his satirical cartoons has created controversy. The ruckus over the cartoon threatens to reignite...
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February 23, 2016: A diverse mix of entities all experience Facebook censorship
Viz, a 37-year-old British humor magazine, had its page taken down by Facebook. A representative from the publication says that Facebook offered them the chance to appeal, but did not inform them how...
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March 3, 2016: At the intersection of corporations and governments
To protest censorship of her country’s latest beauty pageant, 23-year-old Indonesian woman Dea Basori posted photographs of topless Indonesian women in traditional dress, only to find herself...
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March 9, 2016: More transparency needed
Instagram has followed in the footsteps of other Facebook properties in censoring links to competitors’ services. Late last week, the Guardian reported that the photo-sharing platform had begun...
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March 15, 2016: Elective censorship
An Instagram user had their account disabled after posting photoshopped images of various US presidential candidates. The platform also later removed a post containing a screenshot of the author’s...
View ArticleMarch 23, 2016: Politics and patriarchy
Turkish publication Yeni Şafak found several of their verified Facebook pages, including their Arabic, Turkish and Sports pages, removed this past week. Facebook officials cited “the merging of...
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Onlinecensorship.org at RightsCon
We're happy to announce that our team will be presenting at RightsCon Silicon Valley, March 30-April 1, 2016 in the following sessions: Thursday, March 31, 12pm: Opening the Black Box: Understanding...
View ArticleMarch 30, 2016: LGBT groups rejected from Facebook
Facebook rejects ads from a Christian LGBT organization. The Huffington Post’s Kittredge Cherry writes: “Queer Christianity seems to scare the censors at Facebook.” An Italian LGBT campaign against...
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Onlinecensorship.org launches first report (PDF)
Onlinecensorship.org is pleased to share our first report "Unfriending Censorship: Insights from four months of crowdsourced data on social media censorship." The report draws on data gathered...
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