[governance] Facebook profiles blocked and content removed in Brazil

Wed May 30 13:40:21 EDT 2012

Which translation?? The name of the march in BR is correct, and I did
not see any translation of the Canadian equivalent in Marilia's msg.
Anyway...

--c.a.

On 05/30/2012 12:52 PM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
>     > FGV Direito Rio
>     >
>     > Center for Technology and Society
>     > Getulio Vargas Foundation
>     > Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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