[governance] Facebook profiles blocked and content removed in Brazil

Wed May 30 11:52:54 EDT 2012

Thanks for the correction, Robert. That was the translation Google
suggested me. Interesting.
Thanks also for taking this forward.

Marília

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>wrote:

> 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 CanadThnana, 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
> --
>
>
> 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:
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Marília
> >
> >
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