[governance] Facebook profiles blocked and content removed in Brazil
Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
Wed May 30 16:32:01 EDT 2012
The slut walk also hit the press in Fiji in a huge way and there was a huge
write up about it and am pleased that it hit the list. Violence against
women and children is simply not acceptable. They say that the "Slut" walk
was inspired in retaliation to comments by a police man/public official in
Toronto who said that women should not dress like sluts so that they do not
get victimised.
I would say that victims of violence can be men, women and children an
transcends religion, culture. dress etc. Violence in any form is simply
unacceptable. In the US, the House (am not sure if they have finished
debating the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization act as there are
some intensely controversial aspects of the Act.
Moving back to the removal from facebook, there was a discussion earlier
this year on Freedom of Expression and is it absolute or are there
exceptions. Article 19 of the ICCPR clear states the exceptions namely,
national security, provided for by law or public morality.
Most countries have what is called "laws against obscene publications" and
some "indecent exposure" and I suspect that Brazil has something of the
sort which required the authorities to .take down certain content.
The issue remains is when the use of the exception is reasonble and when is
it prone to abuse?
Sala
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
> 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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