[governance] Facebook profiles blocked and content removed in Brazil

Wed May 30 11:47:04 EDT 2012

Marilia,

Your translation is a bit off. The feminist group in question is the "slut walk" that started in my home town of Toronto and has since spread to other cities in Canada, the US, and internationally. Great to know it has spread to Brazil as well.

I'll forward your email to contacts at Facebook to make sure they are aware of the incident and see if they can comment.

In the meantime, let me share with you and others links with details on the  "slut walk" movement.

regards

Robert
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Toronto 'slut walk' takes to city streets (April 3, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/04/03/slut-walk-toronto.html

Toronto 'slut walk' spreads to U.S. (May 6, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/05/06/slut-walk.html

Slut walk in Toronto - http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/show-news/slutwalk-in-toronto.html (March 2012)

Don't know if you ever heard the story, but back in January, at a campus safety information session at Osgoode Hall Law School (University of Toronto), a representative of the Toronto Police made the statement that "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized."

Of course, the comment sparked a huge outrage, and you just knew a protest was bound to happen.

But you have to hand it to one group for coming up with one of the most creative protests ever. They areplanning a SlutWalk.

It's planned for April 3rd in Toronto and everyone is welcome. You don't even necessarily have to dress "slutty." Just come as you are. Sounds like a great way to make a point.

On 2012-05-30, at 11:32 AM, Marilia Maciel wrote:

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> Last weekend a feminist march took place in several cities in Brazil. It is called "March of Bitches" (Marcha das Vadias) and it is an international movement that was born in Canada. Some women decided to March wearing lingerie or with naked breasts as a way to call attention to violence against women, women's liberty and sexual rights and they posted their own pictures in Facebook. Their pictures were removed and their profile was blocked.
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> So, let me get this right: Brazilian media publishes the pictures from the protest, in a sign that this would not at all hurt the average citizen. But Facebook (the platform where most of the use of the Internet is, unfortunately, converging to) gets to decide what people can or cannot show in their albums; what is pornography, and where to draw the line of morality. It has been reported in Brazil that Facebook is also blocking old pictures from well known artists that display naked people, and pictures from little girls aged 3-4 posted by their parents, because they were not wearing shirts. 
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> This seems a very undemocratic, opaque and potentially dangerous way of conducting Internet governance. The news (in Portuguese) and one of the controversial pictures can be accessed here: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/tec/1097488-facebook-bloqueia-usuarias-que-aparecem-seminuas-em-fotos-da-marcha-das-vadias.shtml
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> Marília
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