On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
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<div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Article 3 (7) on Facebook's Terms "<span style="line-height:16px;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:11px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif">You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence."</span> </div>
<div>This is in line with the exceptions under Article 19 of the ICCPR as explained by La Rue .Facebook Terms are found here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms</a> and most countries laws prohibit hate speech, nudity etc.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Let's consider this for a minute. Little problem, though. What is "nudity" and which nudity should be forbidden by FB? Is a pornographic picture the same as a picture from the Slut Walk? The same as an old picture taken by an artist from a nude person (that was removed from FB as well)? The same as an expressionist painting with nude people? The same as a cartoon with nude characters? The same as a picture from a 3 year old girl whose picture was posted in FB by their parents (and removed from FB as well, according to the news) because she was not wearing shirt? A company should not be entitled to make this decision and enforce to all its users, across borders.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What FB considered impropriate nudity would not be considered as such in many countries. So, without discussion, FB is abiding by the last common denominator. Of course, this is based of a market decision. It is better to take the content down than to face litigation. And this is exactly my point: companies make decisions based on profit, regardless of the public interest. What FB is doing will potentially impact the way that younger generations will perceive liberty (including body expression and sexual liberty) and morality. And, in my country, FB is actually being more conservative than traditional media, endangering the progress we made on recent decades when it comes to body expression women's rights and sexual rights.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I do not feel comfortable to place this sort of decision on FB's hands, with no chance of democratic debate, with no chance to scrutinize these policies they impinge on users.</div><div><br></div><div>
Best,</div><div>Marília</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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> Some basic conclusions: a) rights, such as freedom of expression,<br>
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</div>Why would one who uses FB think they can express themselves outside of<br>
the FB ToS/AUP?<br>
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are being<br>
> restricted by the same platforms that are praised and known for enabling<br>
> their exercise; b) there is a privatization of Internet regulation, subtle,<br>
> based on contracts (terms of use)<br>
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</div>Would you argue that Internet companies have NO ToS?<br>
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, but yet, dangerous; c) I see no adequate<br>
> forum where we should take this issue to be analized in a participatory and<br>
> balanced way in the global arena.<br>
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</div>Nor should there be IMHO.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div><br></div><div>Tweeter: @SalanietaT</div><div>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</div>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade<br>FGV Direito Rio<br><br>Center for Technology and Society<br>Getulio Vargas Foundation<br>Rio de Janeiro - Brazil<br>